Witten By:   Jagriti Shahi   The world is entering a new economic era where climate change, supply chain restructuring, and shifting global food preferences are rapidly reshaping agricultural demand. Countries that align their cropping patterns with global buyers are gaining dominance — while those sticking to traditional patterns risk losing competitiveness. For India, which already has natural strengths in spices, millets, and medicinal crops, this is a defining moment. Glo

Written By:   Jagriti Shahi   Introduction Plantation crops such as coconut, arecanut, date palm, and oil palm face a range of internal-borer and crown-feeding pests. Among these, the most severe—documented across Asia, the Middle East, and India—is a trunk-boring beetle species that causes structural weakening of palms, leading to crown collapse and tree mortality. Because chemical insecticides offer limited penetration into the trunk and create residue concerns, plantations

Written By:   Jagriti Shahi   Introduction Biochar is emerging as more than just a soil enhancer — it’s becoming a symbol of how rural innovation can align with global climate action. By converting agricultural waste into a carbon-rich material that improves soil health, retains moisture, and locks away atmospheric carbon, biochar connects the everyday practices of farmers to the world’s most urgent sustainability targets. From rural villages experimenting with low-cost kilns

Written By:   Jagriti Shahi   Innovation has no boundaries, but startups do. While technology and talent can spread globally in seconds, the success of startups still depends heavily on geography — and more specifically, on the economic and political borders that define access to markets, investors, and opportunities. The intersection of geopolitics and innovation — or   geo-economics   — has become a powerful force determining which regions thrive as startup hubs and which l