A bill to secure food for the poor
A close look at the much-hyped National Food security Bill, 2013
Is coal mineral or bioresource?
Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies
Nutrient paradox
Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow
New Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee constituted
Bikaneri Narma fraud investigator Soporoy made co-chairperson
Nutri-farms to fight hidden hunger
In a first, bio-fortification technology gets Rs 200 crore in the Union Budget
People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators
Direct Cash Transfer scheme begins on low key
Government scales down UID-linked scheme to 248,000 people in 20 districts
Dash for cash
Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer
People oppose the rush for cash
Say linking cash transfers with Aadhaar will cause problems
Labels must for GM food
Industry clueless about implementing labelling rule; FSSAI dithers over regulations
Gamble for guar, soy
Despite demand and production, farmers lose to futures trading
NASA draws attention to fires in Punjab fields
Plant stubble burning shows up as red dots in satellite image
The paddy compulsion
War continues between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu farmers over Cauvery water for cultivation
CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation
Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document
Haryana farmers protest open field trials of GM corn
Agricultural university in Kurukshetra is conducting trials for Monsanto
UN report warns of effects of urban expansion on biodiversity
Urban areas set to triple by 2030; population to touch 4.9 billion
First comes chick
Kuroiler hens offer a poultry business model that can fight poverty, nutritional stress
Whose germplasm is it?
NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case
Legislation for a few
Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers
Bundled in a sacred basket
Tribal farmers in Jharkhand use mora made of rice straw to store grains
Parliament panel report on GM food highlights rift within government
Calls for wider discussions before allowing transgenic crops