A deeper dive is needed to draw insights from the low prevalence of farmer suicides in Bihar than in more developed regions of India such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh

• Sanjiv Phansalkar
• Mar 29, 2017

Children in remote parts of Murshidabad district in West Bengal are taking an active role in community governance that not only let them tackle social ills at a tender age but also nurtures them as future community leaders

• Chhandosree
• Mar 27, 2017
• Murshidabad, West Bengal

Crop depredation by wildlife is one of the biggest problems facing the livelihood security of many farmers in Darjeeling, with most of them losing up to 40% of their crop every year

• Athar Parvaiz
• Mar 24, 2017
• Darjeeling, West Bengal

The regular recording to health-related data through computer tablets is helping in designing and implementing food, nutrition and healthcare interventions on the ground in several areas of Pune district

• Gouri Agtey Athale
• Mar 22, 2017
• Pune, Maharashtra

The formal closure of Posco’s steel plant project in Odisha is seen as a victory of agrarian economy over unwanted industrialization and the betel leaf farmers of Jagatsinghpur are rejoicing, although those who lost their land face new challenges

• Basudev Mahapatra
• Mar 20, 2017
• Jagatsinghpur, Odisha

Growing profusely in the state, jackfruit is no longer a neglected crop in God’s own country because it is fetching high returns for farmers and there’s increasing awareness and acceptance of its many uses

• Hiren Kumar Bose
• Mar 17, 2017
• Kannur, Kerala

The state seems to be indifferent to the plight of the large number of people settled in the Barak Valley in southern Assam, and they are left to fend for themselves when the river routinely floods its banks every monsoon

• Sanjiv Phansalkar
• Mar 15, 2017
• Barak Valley, Assam