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Sayantan Bera

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ARTICLES BY SAYANTAN BERA

Six Indian companies are now part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), which comprises of 500 global sustainability leaders.

Beyond PR: How sustainability became serious business

9 min read . 06 Dec 2023

Consumers in India use a whole variety of pulses, including tur (pigeon pea), masoor (lentils), chana (gram), urad (black gram), and moong (green gram) as a staple. (Reuters)

Racing pulses: Why aren’t dal prices dropping?

2 min read . 28 Nov 2023

For years, farmers in Punjab and Haryana have burnt the leftover stubble after mechanically harvesting the paddy crop. (PTI)

Mint Primer: Our AQI woes: Why farmers still burn stubble

2 min read . 15 Nov 2023

Due to lower sales after a drought, I have ₹50 lakh worth of utensils lying in the warehouse. But one must not lose hope—Banwarilal Poddar.

A corner of Bharat craves a Diwali shimmer

9 min read . 10 Nov 2023

Oil palm fields in Chintampalli, Andhra Pradesh, which feed a Godrej Agrovet refinery next door. The company plans to add 60,000 hectares to its existing sourcing area in the next few years.

Inside India’s new oil palm playbook

9 min read . 03 Nov 2023

GSP Crop Science managing director Bhavesh Shah says the use of pesticides in India today is very low when compared with China, Brazil and the United States.

‘We’re cutting our reliance on Chinese raw materials’

3 min read . 24 Oct 2023

Food production in 2022-23 is estimated at a record 329.7 million tonnes, about 4.5% higher than the year before, according to the agriculture ministry. (Bloomberg)

Mint Primer: Making sense of India’s record food production

2 min read . 23 Oct 2023

Pappu Patidar, 32, a farmer from Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, is a certified organic farmer growing wheat, black gram, groundnut and soybeans.

Why organic is not in your shopping cart

10 min read . 18 Oct 2023

Following India's rice export curbs, global prices have hit record highs as the country is the world’s largest exporter of the food grain.

Mint Explainer: How export curbs have impacted rice trade

2 min read . 03 Oct 2023

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) promises 100 days of work in a year to every rural family.

Mint Primer: How falling rural incomes will hurt festive demand

2 min read . 01 Oct 2023

M.S. Swaminathan was more than just a plant breeder. He was a passionate administrator who headed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, worked closely with farmers across India, and was principal secretary in the agriculture ministry. (Mint)

MS Swaminathan, father of India’s Green Revolution, passes away at 98

2 min read . 29 Sep 2023

Prakash Gujjar, a farmer from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, planted soybeans in 25 acres. The crop weathered a dry spell in August and is rotting root up following intense rains in September. (Mint)

The shifting sands of food prices

10 min read . 28 Sep 2023

From mattress to melatonin supplements, products and treatments promising restful sleep have flooded the market (Illustration: Ashish Asthana/Mint)

Inside the buzzing business of sleep

10 min read . 18 Sep 2023

Farmers hesitate to grow oilseeds as they cannot compete with the flood of cheap imports and lack of price support mechanisms.

What’s cooking? Another surge in edible oil imports

2 min read . 12 Sep 2023

A satellite image shows Hurricane Hilary (right) off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

E for extinction? A new lexicon of the climate crisis

2 min read . 23 Aug 2023

Paramjeet Singh, a farmer from Karnal, Haryana, checks the depth of sand deposited in a paddy field following floods (Sayantan Bera/ Mint)

How rice is caught between a deluge and a deficit

10 min read . 01 Aug 2023

Farm workers harvest tomatoes in Karad, Maharashtra (PTI)

The humble tomato gets its revenge

9 min read . 18 Jul 2023

A family pushes a bicycle cart loaded with their belongings in a flooded low lying area near the Yamuna River after it overflowed due to monsoon rains in New Delhi on 11 July. (AFP)

Deficit to deluge: India’s swinging monsoon test

2 min read . 12 Jul 2023

While IMD issued alerts for Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chandigarh ahead of the deluge, for Delhi it had only forecast moderate rains. (HT)

Deficit to deluge: India’s swinging monsoon test

2 min read . 12 Jul 2023

Targeting children with ads influences their view of nutrition and consumption (iStock)

Should India limit junk food ads after WHO red flag?

2 min read . 11 Jul 2023