sustainable-agriculture
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Ever noticed how a field can look drenched, yet the plants still thirst? Sunlight pulls water into the air, streams carry it away, and only a fraction reaches the roots. Imagine if every drop could travel straight to the spot where life begins the root itself. The Origins of Drip Irrigation The story begins in Read more
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During a lecture, my professor casually dropped the phrase: “Precision farming is like using GPS for soil.” At first, I thought he was joking. Soil? With GPS? Broo, that image stuck in my head. I mean, we track Uber rides with pinpoint accuracy but still throw fertilizer across fields like it’s confetti. So I did Read more
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I was deep into mid-exam prep, flipping through my Crop Production notes the usual stuff on cereals, pulses, cropping systems. Then I came across a section titled “Ratooning in Sugarcane.” I stopped. Hold on. Farmers can grow a second sugarcane crop without even replanting? That line hit me. Not just because it was part of Read more
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In recent years, farming has landed on the frontlines of climate chaos. Heatwaves scorch fields. Droughts empty wells. And when the skies finally open, it’s often a deluge washing away topsoil, and with it, the hopes of farmers. These aren’t one-off events anymore. They’re patterns. Industrial agriculture once hailed as the path to food security Read more
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One day, I was casually scrolling through my Google feed when I saw a headline: “International Millets Day Celebrated Worldwide” And my first reaction? What? Millets Day? That’s a thing now? Out of curiosity, I tapped the article. It said the UN had declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets, with India playing a Read more
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It was one of those bus ride back from college the kind where the road feels endless, and my thoughts start drifting like clouds over the fields outside. I had just slipped into my usual window seat, the breeze nudging through the open pane. I wasn’t in the mood for music. My mind was busy Read more
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I was 19 when mum sent me to buy 1 kg of tomatoes. Simple task, nothing big. Back then, I already “knew” organic food was better chemical-free, healthier, kinder to the soil. But honestly? I didn’t really understand what that meant beyond a few textbook lines. At the store, I stood staring at two baskets. Read more
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I was scrolling through my phone one evening when I stumbled upon a short clip: a farmer in Maharashtra explaining how an AI-powered weather advisory had saved his cotton crop from unseasonal rains. It struck me the same technology that drives global industries is now guiding decisions in small village fields. For farmers standing at Read more
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I still remember sitting in class on a hot May afternoon when our professor said, “Farmers are no longer just food growers, they are frontline climate fighters.” That line stuck with me. Because if you talk to farmers in Telangana today, you’ll hear the same worry: the monsoon comes late, paddy fields dry out, and 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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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
