Sikkim’s organic mission turns 20: lessons from the world’s first fully organic state
Twenty years after Sikkim banned synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, the world’s first fully organic state is…
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Arunachal’s apple belt bets on kiwi as warming winters bite
In the orchards around Ziro, where winter fog used to be thick enough to touch, growers…
Naga chilli makes its case for a GI tag as demand grows in Europe
The king chilli — bhut jolokia, the pepper that once scorched its way into the Guinness…
Meghalaya’s first organic market in Shillong sells out in two hours
The farmers who set up under a tarpaulin in Shillong’s polo ground on Saturday morning were…
Gangtok’s homestay boom reshapes life on the Sikkim–Tibet border
In the high villages of North Sikkim, where winter once meant six months of near-isolation, homestays…
Assam’s ‘bee corridors’: how the state’s farmers are betting on pollinators
Along the paddy fields of Nagaon district, small wooden boxes are changing the arithmetic of farming:…
Sikkim’s cardamom farmers brace for a changing spice market
Large cardamom — the ‘queen of spices’ that built Sikkim’s hillside economy — is facing its…
Sikkim’s yak herders of Lachen: a high-altitude life in transition
The yak herders of Lachen and Lachung have grazed the high pastures of North Sikkim for…
Sikkim’s rooftop solar push: the state that banned plastic bags now targets the grid
Sikkim, which banned plastic bags in 1998 and went fully organic in 2016, has a new…
The Sikkim tea of Temi: a single estate’s quiet legend
Perched at 6,000 feet above the Teesta valley, the Temi tea estate is one of the…