Soumya Sarkar
Soumya Sarkar is Editor of Village Square. Follow him on Twitter @scurve.
November 29, 2019
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Diversified organic farming can transform Marathwada

Smallholder women farmers in the climate-threatened Marathwada region of Maharashtra are ensuring nutritional security and additional income for their families through diversified organic agriculture

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November 1, 2019
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Himachal apples give way to pomegranates

Changes in climatic conditions have led to Himachal farmers growing pomegranates, as many find that apple cultivation, other than high-density varieties, is no longer economically viable

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October 23, 2019
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Farmers revert to traditional bio-fences for multiple benefits

Trees and thorny cacti that served as fences protecting crops from cattle, as wind breakers conserving soil moisture, besides providing fertilizer and fodder, are making a comeback in Tamil Nadu

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August 30, 2019
Coffee farmers like Augustine Vadakil are struggling with declining returns (Photo by Vishaka George)
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Kerala’s cash crops face the heat of climate change

Coffee and pepper farmers in Wayanad are suffering losses caused by a rise in local temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall in a district whose residents once boasted of its air-conditioned climate

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