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Highlights: Innovation platform participation linked to improved dairy marketing and livestock feeding. Dairy innovations associated with enhanced dairy yield and income. Women’s involvement in innovation...

Highlights There are high hopes but little evidence concerning the potential of digital agriculture, i.e. regarding livestock We take stock of digital livestock...

Agriculture is a fundamentally important human activity that intrinsically depends on nature and at the same time poses a threat to it. Agriculture depends on healthy ecosystems and ecosystem services, such...

Integrated farming systems (IFS) entail a holistic approach to farming aimed at meeting the multiple demands (impart farm resilience, farmer livelihoods, food security, ecosystem...

India is a growing global power with consistent high economic and technological growth. However, the share of agriculture in the gross domestic product is declining. Reduced input-use efficiency of the factors...

The contribution of agriculture in India’s national gross value added (GVA) is only about 17%. However, its role in human wellbeing is vital considering its critical...

Harvesting rainwater increases the water available for drinking, domestic and agricultural use. In East and West Africa and South-East Asia, water can be harvested on 40-70 per cent...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown for a long period have created a significant adverse impact on different sectors, including that of the agriculture and other allied sub-sectors in India and several...