Scientists Have Already Built a Prototype Greenhouse for Mars

Last month’s announcement that NASA had discovered very strong evidence of flowing water on Mars renewed excitement over the possibility of humans living on Mars, as ...

CNN-IBN Presents Smart Agriculture

~ Bringing voices from the field into the homes of urban audiences ~

New Delhi, 22 July 2015: The agricultural...

Where Youtube Meets The Farm

Half of the children in India are chronically malnourished. So imagine the potential benefits if there were a simple way to increase the milk production from cows by, say, ...

Mathura To Become Model Of Sustainable Development

Authorities in Mathura have decided to protect cows and their grazing pastures besides taking urgent steps to develop new grazing grounds for cattle in the Yamuna river flo...

Most Glaciers In Mount Everest Area Will Disappear With Climate Change – Study

Most of the glaciers in the Mount Everest region will disappear or drastically retreat as temperatures increase with climate change over the next century, according to a gr...

A Green Revolution, This Time for Africa

Last month was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution. In 1944, Borlaug moved to Mexico to work on breeding high-yield, di...

In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

The earth beneath Lakshmi Karre’s sparse cotton crop is hard and dry. Dressed in a flowery orange sari, she squats in the large gap between two plants and tugs at som...

In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio

How do you share ideas – including potentially transformative ones – with people who do not have Internet access, are largely illiterate, and live far from pave...

Holistic Approach To Farming Can Mitigate Agrarian Crisis: M S Swaminathan

M S Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, has flagged the issue of absence of integrated advice for farmers trapped in agrarian crisis. To address the growing dic...