गन्ना, धान और गेहूं जैसी फसलों की खेती करने वाले किसान अनिल कंबोज ने जब पहली बार ऑस्ट्रेलिया में पॉलीहाउस में खेती देखी तो उन्हें यकीन नहीं था कि इसमें भी खेती की जा सकती है। लेकिन आज वही अनिल शिमला मिर्च, खीरा और जरबेरा के फूलों की खेती से प्रति एकड़ पांच लाख तक की कमाई कर रहे हैं।

13 मई को वाणिज्य मंत्रालय ने निजी व्यापारियों द्वारा गेहूं के निर्यात पर रोक लगा दी है। इस आदेश ने किसानों को संकट में डाल दिया है और जमाखोरी और कालाबाजारी की आशंका भी है। गाँव कनेक्शन ने हालिया अधिसूचना के प्रभाव को समझने के लिए किसानों, व्यापारियों और कृषि क्षेत्र के विशेषज्ञों से बात की।

Anil Kamboj is an organic farmer who used to grow multiple vegetables like mustard, sunflower, cauliflower, and bell-pepper on his farmland. A visit to Australia changed his life as he learnt about polyhouse farming. Now he cultivates flowers, bell-pepper and cauliflower in his hi-tech polyhouse and earns great profits.

Anganwadi centres in Haryana and Delhi are shut for the past almost three months and one month, respectively. This has affected the supply of dry rations to hundreds of thousand under-6 children enrolled with these early childcare centres. Gaon Connection visited these locked up centres and here is what parents and the protesting anganwadi workers had to say. A ground report.

Hundreds of anganwadi workers protested in Delhi for 38 days and called it off when the Delhi government invoked the law refraining protests for the workers occupied in essential services. Upon returning to their centres, about 500 workers found that they had been fired. The anganwadi workers have now moved Delhi High Court against the state government's termination of their services. Details here.

The Indian wheat market is volatile due to the low production and procurement by the government, and the high global demand for Indian wheat owing to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. While the Indian government has revised wheat allocation under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, wheat exporters are set to reap huge profits. Right to Food experts are warning of a possible wheat shortage in the country. Gaon Connection investigates.

There has been a continuous rise in the prices of commodities in the last two months. The food price inflation rate in rural India has almost doubled in a year, and is higher than in urban India. Rural citizens have reduced the consumption of pulses, vegetables and milk. This is likely to have long-term health impacts, warn experts. A Gaon Connection report.

The forest of Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve caught fire on March 27 and continued to burn for four days. Similar reports of forest fires have surfaced from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. The rise in the incidence of forest fires coincide with the heat wave conditions in India which experts attribute to the adverse effects of climate change. But is there a link between the two? Read on to know more.

On May 13, the Commerce Ministry prohibited the export of wheat by private traders and limited it to government-to-government channels. The order has left farmers high and dry, and there are fears of hoarding and blackmarketing. Gaon Connection spoke with farmers, traders and agri sector experts to understand the impact of the recent notification.

India's wheat exports are at an all-time high due to the Ukraine-Russia war. Because of rising global demand, farmers in the country are getting higher prices for their wheat, which is mostly being sold in the open market. Wheat procurement by sarkari mandis is low. Also, the heatwave has led to a drop in wheat yields this year. Is there an impending wheat crisis in the country? Gaon Connection finds out.