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India needs a serious national conversation on paraquat — and more broadly, on the direction Indian agriculture is taking. Paraquat is often defended as a “cheap and effective” herbicide. But cheap for whom? The price a farmer pays at the shop counter
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A Journey Through Plasticulture Recently, while travelling through the Melukote (Melkote) region of Pandavapura Taluk in Mandya district, Karnataka, I was struck by the vast stretches of vegetable, flower, and fruit crops covered with plastic mulch. It reminded me of similar scenes
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Modern Indian agriculture faces a paradox. Calorie production has never been higher; soil health has never been lower. Soil organic carbon levels across our intensively farmed regions have fallen below 0.5% — against the 1.5–2% threshold that soil scientists consider minimally functional.
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There is a striking paradox at the heart of India’s water story. Over the past two decades, the country has invested heavily in drip irrigation, sprinkler systems, micro-irrigation networks, and precision water application technologies. Schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
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