Slide Background
Sustainable Choices,
Better Lives.
India's new seed bill might ruin your food

Seeds of Power (Part 2): Centralisation, Corporations, and the Future of India’s Food

While Part 1 of our series on the Seed Management Bill examined what it means for farmers on the ground, the Bill’s other far-reaching consequences ...
Seed management bill of India

Seeds of Power: What India’s New Seed Management Bill Means for Farmers

Who decides what you eat? Is it you, standing in a supermarket or mandi aisle? Is it the farmer sowing seeds and harvesting crops? Or ...
Is India's seed model not good enough?

The Problem With Growing More at Any Cost and Why India’s Seed Model Needs Rethinking

All’s well that ends well. But does it? Economists, policymakers, and administrators often point to the Green Revolution as one of India’s greatest achievements since ...
50 year old pesticides in a modern India?

50-Year-Old Pesticides in a Modern India?

Imagine a typical Indian farm. The farmer sowed the seeds a couple of weeks ago, and now the first few leaves are blossoming. Suddenly, the ...
Indian farmers

Empowering Indian Farmers for the European Green Deal

Recognising the growing implications of the European Green Deal (EGD) for Indian agricultural exports and FCV tobacco in particular, ICAR-NIRCA (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National ...
Nitrogen fertilisers are killing Indian soil

Nitrogen: India’s Favourite Fertiliser, and the Slow Damage It Is Doing

India feeds itself on nitrogen. Unfortunately, that is not a metaphor. It is an intentionally created budget line, a supply chain, and a deeply entrenched policy ...
Indian coffee is loved by Europe

 A Crisis Brewing: Why Indian Coffee Needs Urgent Attention

India may still be a tea-loving nation, but coffee has firmly won over its younger consumers. The country now drinks 91,000 to 120,000 tonnes of ...
Indian heavy industries are under CBAM pressure

CBAM Is About to Reshape Indian Heavy Industries

Factories in the steel towns of eastern India, such as Jamshedpur, Rourkela, and Jharsuguda, begin operations before sunrise. The conveyor belts and furnaces power up ...