Modern Farming

How is this brewery in Singapore combining ancient practices with modern trends? What is their innovative take on producing kombucha? Read on to find out.

A farmer from Kerala who went to Israel as part of a government-sponsored tour to study modern farming technologies and thereafter reportedly went missing returned to India on Monday.

Natural farming is the need of the hour as the cost of production of foodgrain has increased due to the use of chemicals and fertilisers, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Monday.

Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said fishing and fishermen were closely aligned with farming and were crucial to rural India.

Uttar Pradesh minister Surya Pratap Shahi said today that the BJP government in the state aims to double farmers' income by introducing technology and modern techniques of farming.

Fifteen years ago, the tiny Indian state of Sikkim launched a radical experiment: Its leaders decided to phase out pesticides on every farm in the state, a move without precedent in India - and probably the world.

It promised to be "an Indian city like no other" -- a modern, leafy metropolis modelled on Singapore, where citizens would enjoy parks and rivers and breath air unrivalled in freshness.

Polo player Ranjan, who is also the caretaker of a breeding farm in Manipur, is a worried man. He worries for the Manipuri ponies, an endangered species now, as there isn't enough to feed them. Modern polo has roots in Manipur. It has been derived from an indigenous sport called Sagol Kangjei. The sport originally employed ponies indigenous to Mani...

Mumbais heritage brand, the Parsi Dairy Farms products have made a welcome entry into the world of modern retail these days. Here's its story.

While concerns about food safety and animal welfare dominate discussions about the perils of the modern food system, there's a downside that many might find just as troubling: the often inhumane conditions people who work in the industry face.

Amish chicken farmer Ura Gingerich begins each day by lantern light, but his simple life of tradition is threatened by a modern scourge that has devastated the US poultry industry.

Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery of modern agriculture, by revealing that it was founded not by Europeans, but migrants.

How is this brewery in Singapore combining ancient practices with modern trends? What is their innovative take on producing kombucha? Read on to find out.

A farmer from Kerala who went to Israel as part of a government-sponsored tour to study modern farming technologies and thereafter reportedly went missing returned to India on Monday.

Natural farming is the need of the hour as the cost of production of foodgrain has increased due to the use of chemicals and fertilisers, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Monday.

Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said fishing and fishermen were closely aligned with farming and were crucial to rural India.

Uttar Pradesh minister Surya Pratap Shahi said today that the BJP government in the state aims to double farmers' income by introducing technology and modern techniques of farming.

Fifteen years ago, the tiny Indian state of Sikkim launched a radical experiment: Its leaders decided to phase out pesticides on every farm in the state, a move without precedent in India - and probably the world.

It promised to be "an Indian city like no other" -- a modern, leafy metropolis modelled on Singapore, where citizens would enjoy parks and rivers and breath air unrivalled in freshness.

Polo player Ranjan, who is also the caretaker of a breeding farm in Manipur, is a worried man. He worries for the Manipuri ponies, an endangered species now, as there isn't enough to feed them. Modern polo has roots in Manipur. It has been derived from an indigenous sport called Sagol Kangjei. The sport originally employed ponies indigenous to Mani...

Mumbais heritage brand, the Parsi Dairy Farms products have made a welcome entry into the world of modern retail these days. Here's its story.

While concerns about food safety and animal welfare dominate discussions about the perils of the modern food system, there's a downside that many might find just as troubling: the often inhumane conditions people who work in the industry face.

Amish chicken farmer Ura Gingerich begins each day by lantern light, but his simple life of tradition is threatened by a modern scourge that has devastated the US poultry industry.

Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery of modern agriculture, by revealing that it was founded not by Europeans, but migrants.