Agriculture is critical to achieving sustainable development worldwide: it ensures social and economic development, as well as environmental protection. The special role of agriculture is explained by the fact that it is the closest to nature, compared to other spheres of human activity. Agriculture has
A resident of Karsog, Mandi district of India’s hilly state Himachal Pradesh, 59-year-old farmer Nekram Sharma has been bestowed with the fourth highest civilian award for his spectacular work in organic farming. Nekram Sharma is the sole Padma Shri awardee in the state this year.
A prolonged dry spell in Himachal Pradesh is threatening wheat, barley, and mustard along with citrus fruits amid the rainfall deficit. Himachal Pradesh is experiencing a post-monsoon rainfall deficit with a 23 percent drop in precipitation 63.9 percent more than the usual 82.9 mm rainfall
From his village Sai in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district of Himachal, a farmer has begun a foot march to the state’s capital Shimla in hopes to meet the chief minister. The farmer, Layak Ram, is walking to Shimla with a plough over his shoulder,
The Thailand government has eased restrictions on cannabis, encouraging business interest in the drug with cannabis-infused desserts, bubble tea, toothpaste, soaps, and snacks. These products are allowed to contain cannabidiol which does not get consumers high. However, health officials say that they only want to
In a new study, researchers observed the impact of climate change in five countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The scientists found out that the majority of 72 coastal communities are likely to face significant agriculture and fisheries losses due to extreme climate change projections. The
Hunger and starvation across the world have ravaged mankind since the beginning. Half of the human population still suffers from it; over 820 million people are in the grasp of this debilitating crisis, with millions more under its threat owing to the current coronavirus pandemic
Providing food security to over 1.3 billion people is not an easy task and climate change has added to the enormity of India’s food security challenges. Moreover, in these uncertain times of changing climatic conditions and ever-emerging health crises such as the current coronavirus pandemic,
Air pollution in Indian cities is no news. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nine of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India. While much study has been conducted on the effects of air pollution on humans, the aspect of the same
Pollination is one of the most important aspects of the evolutionary cycle of all the plants. While wind and water play their roles in transferring pollen from one place to another, wild insects, especially bees, also help to pollinate many flowers and crops across the