Roughly five decades ago, getting a yield of nearly 2 tonnes per hectare required 54 kg of fertiliser per hectare. Today, you’d need about 280 kg to get the same yield. This indicates poor soil health ...

If there are app-based aggregation services like Uber, Ola and UrbanClap for city folks, then why not something for farmers to make their job easy? Agritech startup Krishitantra has ‘uberised’ the ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

Agricultural soil affected by metal(loid) contaminants not only endangers food safety but also causes environmental pollution and soil health degradation. Unlike ...