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Ensuring Nutritional Security: A Three-Pronged Approach

This editorial is based on “An opportunity to recast India’s food system” which was published in The Hindu Business Line on...

25 Oct 2023 Agriculture

Crop Switching for Sustainable Agriculture

For Prelims: Crop Switching, Drip Irrigation, Indo-Gangetic Region, Millets For Mains: Types of Farming, Cropping Patterns Contribution to...

21 Oct 2023 Agriculture

Fostering Sustainable Agrifood System

For Prelims: Fostering Sustainable Agrifood System, 16th Agricultural Science Congress (ASC), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences...

20 Oct 2023 Agriculture

MS Swaminathan

For Prelims: MS Swaminathan, Green Revolution, Food Security, Bengal famine of 1942-43, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). For Mains:...

03 Oct 2023 Agriculture

Green Revolution and Beyond

This editorial is based on the Article Man of Science & Humanity which was published in The Indian Express on 29/09/2023. It talks about MS...

30 Sep 2023 Agriculture

Hybrid Seeds

For Prelims: Hybrid Seeds, Open-Pollinated Variety (OPV) Seeds, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Crop Diversity. For Mains: Hybrid Seeds,...

28 Sep 2023 Agriculture

The Phosphorus Problem

For Prelims: Phosphorus, Synthetic Fertilizers, Apatite, Cadmium Contamination, Precision agriculture, PM-PRANAM. For Mains: Contemporary...

26 Sep 2023 Agriculture

India’s Role in Food Security

This editorial is based on A CLIMATE QUESTION FOR G20 which was published in The Indian Express on 04/09/2023. It talks about Food Security and how...

04 Sep 2023 Agriculture

Minimum Export Price for Rice

For Prelims: Minimum Export Price for Rice, Agriculture, Export, Food Inflation. For Mains: Minimum Export Price for Rice. Source: IE Why in...

04 Sep 2023 Agriculture

Reducing Fertilizer Subsidy

This editorial is based on Can PRANAM reduce fertiliser subsidy bill? which was published in The Hindu Businessline on 30/08/2023. It talks about...

02 Sep 2023 Agriculture

Concerns Over Consuming Ultra-Processed Food

For Prelims: Ultra-Processed Food, Food Processing Industry, Covid-19 Pandemic, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Saksham...

28 Aug 2023 Agriculture

Scientific Authenticity of Nano Liquid Urea

For Prelims: Scientific Authenticity of Nano Liquid Urea, Indian Farmers and Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), Climate Change, Ocean Acidification,...

26 Aug 2023 Agriculture

Urea Gold

For Prelims: Urea Gold, Neem Coated Urea, Liquid Nano Urea, Leguminous crops, Nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK), Nitrogen use efficiency. For...

17 Aug 2023 Agriculture

Interventions under National Food Security Mission

For Prelims: National Food Security Mission,Green Revolution, National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana,...

12 Aug 2023 Agriculture

Technology in Indian Agriculture

This editorial is based on Seeds for growth which was published in The Indian Express on 10/08/2023. It talks about the use of technology to boost...

12 Aug 2023 Agriculture

PM-KUSUM

For Prelims: PM-KUSUM, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) , Priority Sector Lending...

25 Jul 2023 Agriculture

Tomatoes Price Volatility

For Prelims: Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) and the Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV), Inflation Rate For Mains: Food Inflation and issues, Impact of...

22 Jul 2023 Agriculture

Assessing the Scope of PACS-FPO Integration

This editorial is based on Catalysing cooperation between PACS and FPO which was published in The BusinessLine on 17/07/2023. It talks about the...

19 Jul 2023 Agriculture

PepsiCo Patents Revocation for Potato Variety

For Prelims: Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, FL 2027 Potato Variety For Mains: Role and functions of the...

12 Jul 2023 Agriculture

Farmers Distress Index

For Prelims: Farmers Distress Index, ICAR, PMFBY, PMKSY, e-NAM. For Mains: Farmers Distress Index. Why in News? The Central Research...

08 Jul 2023 Agriculture