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Haber-Bosch Process and Production of Fertilizers

For Prelims: Haber-Bosch process, Nitrogen, Ammonia, Lightning, Azotobacter and Rhizobia, Volcanic eruptions, Acid rain, organic farming,...

17 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Looking Beyond Yield in Agriculture

For Prelims: High Yielding, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-2021, Green Revolution, Monoculture Farming, Intercropping, Crop Rotation,...

17 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Empowering Agriculture Through Carbon Credits

This editorial is based on “Ways for India to realise carbon credits potential” which was published in The Hindu Business line on...

12 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture to Recover Groundwater

For Prelims: Groundwater, Rice cultivation, Cropping patterns, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Global Warming, sustainable...

12 Oct 2024 Agriculture

National Agriculture Code

For Prelims: Bureau of Indian Standards, National Building Code, National Electrical Code, Internet-of-Things, International Organization for...

11 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Middlemen Gain as Farmers Earn Less in Agri Produce: RBI

For Prelims: Reserve Bank of India (RBI), high inflation, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Wholesale Price Index (WPI), National Agriculture Market...

11 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Weed-Induced Crop Losses

For Prelims: kharif crops, rabi crops, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, herbicides, mechanization, weed management, organic and sustainable farming...

11 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Floriculture in India

For Prelims: Floriculture, Paddy, National Botanical Research Institute, APEDA, National Horticulture Board, Per Drop More Crop  For Mains:...

10 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Agriculture 4.0: The Next Farming Revolution

This editorial is based on “Agriculture 4.0: How urban farming is shaping the future of food security in smart cities” which was...

25 Sep 2024 Agriculture

White Revolution 2.0

For Prelims: White Revolution 2.0, Malnutrition, Operation Flood, NABARD, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Programme for Dairy...

23 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Pathways & Strategy for Accelerating Growth in Edible Oil Towards Goal of Atmanirbharta

For Prelims: Oilseeds Sector, NITI Aayog, Edible oil, Crops, MSP, Seed quality, Trade policy, National Mission on Edible Oils  For Mains:...

20 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Need for Reforms in the Jute Industry

For Prelims: Natural Fibre, Alluvial Soil, Water Hyacinth, Marginal and Small Farmers, Carbon Sequestration, Geotextiles, Jute Packaging Materials...

16 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Sansad TV Vishesh: Digital Agriculture Mission

For Prelims: Digital Agriculture Mission, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), AgriStack, Krishi...

11 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Turning Agriculture into a Growth Engine for India

This editorial is based on “How agriculture can be an engine for growth” which was published in The Indian Express on 04/09/2024. The...

04 Sep 2024 Agriculture

7 New Schemes to Boost Farmer Income

For Prelims: Agriculture and allied sectors, livestock and horticulture, the Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), Agri Stack, Krishi Decision Support...

03 Sep 2024 Agriculture

De-hyphenating Rice-Wheat Production

For Prelims: Rice, Wheat, Kharif, Rabi, Minimum Support Price (MSP), Official household expenditure survey data 2022-23, National Food Security...

03 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Revamping Crop Data Collection by E-technology

For Prelims: Digital Crop Survey and Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), Remote Sensing, Crop Maps, Crop Surveys, Agricultural Regions,...

26 Aug 2024 Agriculture

Balanced Approach to GM Crops

This editorial is based on “Need for pragmatism, not ad hocism, on GM” which was published in Hindustan Times on 24/07/2024. The...

05 Aug 2024 Agriculture

Revamping Buffer Stock

For Prelims: Food Corporation of India (FCI), Buffer stocks, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Inflation rates, Essential commodities, Famine, Food...

15 Jul 2024 Agriculture

Climate Resilient Agriculture

For Prelims: Climate-resilient agriculture, FAO, climate change, National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), Indian Council of...

15 Jul 2024 Agriculture