agriculture

The New Black Gold

Haima Deshpande

Suddenly there is a huge demand for earthworms, and people who are producing them are getting rich.

Jatland in Chhattisgarh

Yet again settlers from one Indian state have taken over large parts of another’s farmland, altering the farm economy, power equations and social setup.

Back to Africa

TR Vivek

The quest for food security is driving companies and countries to buy large tracts of farmland in poor countries. Indian firms are at it too. Neo-colonialism or globalisation?

India’s Crop Crisis

Jatin Gandhi

Sparse rainfall in the country’s bread basket could yield toxic foodgrains. Beware!

Resisting the Trade Spaghetti Bowl

Ninad D. Sheth

The threat to a revival of the Doha Round comes from the US, which may undercut the multilateral regime by making bilateral deals with developing countries