After fourteen years of leaving their paddy fields fallow, the villagers of Phangyuel Gewog in Wangdue Phodrang have resumed ...

Her paddy terraces are flooded and much of the crop has been washed away by storm water as the irrigation canal is too small to drain the water. “I will collect what is left and feed it to the animals ...

Karma grows paddy in three acres. From the next season, he hopes to cultivate the remaining three acres of his land. Without enough irrigation, farmer Sangay has been growing mostly maize. “I am happy ...

In contrast, our Cultivation Committees were subject to a judicial system under the rule of law in a democracy. In fact, it ...

JAGATSINGHPUR: Farmers of Gajarajpur panchayat in Naugaon block, have taken it upon themselves to place sandbags and bamboos ...

Hindustan Times profiles some such farmers who have not only bucked the trend but also succeeded in initiating the beginning ...

Under the purview of the Irrigation Department of Sri Lanka there are 258 reservoirs, including 73 major reservoirs and 185 medium-sized ones. These reservoirs provide water for the cultivation of 800 ...

Tilda®, the UK's leading premium rice brand, has taken further bold steps to reduce the environmental impact of rice ...

Agriculture in Sri Lanka is at a deadlock, and for the smallholder farmers, who constitute the backbone of the nation’s food ...

When floods struck last month, destroying or damaging homes weeks before the Durga Puja, these families had to shift to ...

THANJAVUR/TIRUVARUR: Even as the widespread rains in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur enthused farmers ...

Young Anura Dissanayake grew up amid lush paddy fields, ancient irrigation tanks and vegetable plots. Though a typical, happy-go-lucky village boy, besides the childhood pranks, there was a ...