In this issue

TALKING ABOUT A REVOLUTION - HOW TO MAKE AFRICA FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENT, AGAIN

Microbes: Breaking The Mould

Microbes will always triumph over antibiotics. We can only choose the battles that will make a difference

5 mins

Suffocating Tragedy

There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an unprepared government along with medical mismanagement made matters worse this year. 

8 mins

Capital Loss

The Land Pool Scheme of the Andhra Pradesh government to acquire land for the new state capital is turning out to be a nightmare for farmers JITENDRA | amaravati 

4 mins

Goa Undermined

As mining resumes in eco-sensitive Goa amid protests, a village tries to implement the cooperative model SHREESHAN VENKATESH panaji 

4 mins

Time To Define The New Normal

The monsoon of 2017 has challenged India's conventional and simplistic definition of the complex tropical circulation

3 mins

Sowing Adaptation

Farmers in eastern Indian states are replacing paddy with alternative crops to prevent elephant attacks. Can this experiment be replicated? DEEPANWITA NIYOGI palamu, east Singhbhum SAMARJIT SAHU angul

4 mins

Dialects Are The Avantgarde Teams Exploring New Semantic Possibilities

Linguist GANESH DEVY has just published a new volume of a unique language survey that is based on geography and people's vernacular claims. He speaks to RAJAT GHAI on the link between languages and ecology

4 mins

Last Shots

The Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee faces extinction as it fights a losing battle against innumerable threats ABHIJIT MOHANTY

4 mins

Chambal Without Ravines

The ravines of Chambal used to provide multiple livelihood options for its poor and marginal farmers. Leveling of land is triggering conflicts and increasing social inequity 

4 mins

Can Farmers' Income Be Doubled?

For that, farmers will have to make an investment of ₹463 billion in the next five years 

3 mins

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