Farming

In search of food sovereignty

Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.

| Apr 17, 2013

Charting change

From the Himalaya to Male, there are clear signs that climate change is real.

| Oct 01, 2009

Starvation amidst surplus

For predominantly agrarian societies, importing food is equivalent to importing unemployment. The Subcontinent needs to aspire to self-sufficiency through protecting its genetic inheritance and distributing the 'excess' foodgrain that curiously fails to reach those in …

| Dec 01, 2002

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