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I was on my way back from campus when the news broke Ratan Tata had passed away. For a moment, I just sat there in silence, scrolling through tributes. Pride for everything he gave to India, and sadness that we lost someone who stood for more than business. Writing this now, as an agriculture student Read more
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In India, we don’t often think of seaweed beyond the beach but as an agriculture student, I see it as both a superfood and a climate-smart farming opportunity. It’s one of those rare resources that nourishes people, heals ecosystems, and creates livelihoods all at once. What’s So Great About Seaweed? Seaweed is basically nutrition wrapped Read more
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Yesterday I was still thinking about how cow burps and farts warm our planet. Then this morning, scrolling through a Bill Gates blog, something clicked: why do we talk so much about coal and cows but not about the soil beneath our feet? As an agriculture student, I spend a lot of time thinking about Read more
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I was watching a Sadhguru video on YouTube during his Save Soil campaign when one line stayed with me: it takes hundreds of years to form just a handful of healthy soil. As an agriculture student, that shook me. Because the same soil that takes centuries to build is being degraded in just decades and Read more
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Soil isn’t just dirt under our feet it’s a living system. It stores water, supports crops, and provides a home for billions of microbes. At its heart is Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), formed from decomposed plant and animal matter. SOC is what gives soil fertility, resilience, and structure. Just as importantly, it acts as a Read more
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In India, we often talk about coal and cars when it comes to climate change. But as I discovered in my agriculture lectures, the real Emissions source might just be standing in our fields: cows and buffaloes. These animals produce methane a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide and their burps and farts Read more
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Farming today feels less predictable than the weather forecast and the forecast itself is getting worse. But what if crops themselves could adapt rewritten to handle stress like pros? That’s where CRISPR comes in, the gene-editing tool quietly reshaping the future of food. My First Spark With CRISPR I still remember my professor saying, “CRISPR Read more
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If you grew up near a paddy field, you know the landscape: mirror-flat water, green blades, the soft croak of frogs. What you might not know is that those flooded fields are quietly belching out a powerful greenhouse gas methane and it matters for climate, crops, and farmers’ futures. Why Rice Paddies Make Methane Rice Read more
