A Not-So-Spicy Situation: Making Sense of India’s Chilli Problem
Chilli is one of those spices that reigns supreme in Indian kitchens. It is everywhere, quite literally. The chilli is sold as fresh in vegetable ...
How much sugarcane can a water-stressed India afford?
Sugarcane sits deep inside India’s rural economy. It supports farmers, feeds hundreds of mills and produces sugar, molasses, alcohol, electricity and transport fuel. In 2024–25, ...
How Sustainable Agriculture Bonds Are Changing Indian Farming
Green farming in India is growing fast. With extreme weather and strict new global trade rules, like the European Green Deal, Indian agriculture needs a ...
How Modern Agronomy is Transforming Indian Farming
Agronomy in India is undergoing a massive shift. For decades, the focus was entirely on producing a high volume of crops. Today, the priority has ...
The Next Export Barrier India Must Prepare For: Labour Rights on the Farm
As European regulations become more stringent, exporters will increasingly be asked to show how a crop was grown, who worked on it, whether workers were ...
Could Paddy Become Sustainable?
In North India, the paddy straw is a symbol of crisis that makes national headlines come the winter season. But before it becomes smoke, it ...
Tiruppur’s Textile Turnaround: A Sustainability Case Study from India
Change is in the air in Tiruppur. There was a time when its pollution stories used to make national headlines and the smell of chemical ...
Farming Plastic: Can Cassava Solve Our Plastic Problems?
India’s vast plastic empire sits in drains after the first rain, clings to riverbanks, travels with food deliveries, and returns as microplastic in soil and ...



