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Was there a victory for Monsanto in India's Supreme Court on a patent matter?

Media headlines, especially from business media houses and American media, continue to scream that Monsanto has had a “patent victory” in the Supreme Court of India

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Mushroom-growing Elm trees can empower Barot village communities

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India’s cow crisis: A rebuttal to Sunita Narain

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'Thinking Glocal to solve India's paddy-straw burning crisis'

When a recent report says 26 people now own the same wealth as the world's poorest half and the IMF chief flags risks associated with India’s high fiscal deficit, here is a look at how 2018 was the year of revolt of the already-rich and the very poor

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MGNREGA’s information system flawed, misguiding

The scheme's Management Information System destroys local accountability, promotes centralisation and administrative control and gives out wrong data

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Promoting input-based enterprises to spread organic farming

Promotion around locally available options can be sustainable solution

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Will contract farming law relieve agrarian distress?

Although the proposed law promises to alleviate the suffering of India’s farmers, it needs a research-backed approach

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It's time we shift farmers' economic burden

Assured net income, including assured minimum support price for crops, can put an end to farmer suicide cases in India

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In poll-bound MP, Rajasthan, the cow finds space in manifestos, not cowsheds

Farmers are leaving their cattle and cowsheds are in a pitiable condition but they hardly figure in political parties' poll promises

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The zero budget farming discord

There is unease over the crusader of natural farming, Subhash Palekar, for renaming the technique after himself

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Green and golden Srikakulam

Several efforts are being made to turn Andhra Pradesh’s remote, coastal district green and empower tribals in the process

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World Food Day: Preserving food diversity vital to achieve zero hunger by 2030

Increasing production of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize cannot meet the rising food demand. That is why we need to fall back on traditional foods

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Farmers and smartphone politics

Can pre-poll sops like giving smart phones with internet connectivity to farmers increase farm income?

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India needs a comprehensive approach to prevent pesticide related suicides

Most persons who engage in suicidal behaviour don't want to die but the government lacks proper data on the incidence of pesticide poisoning to make informed policy decisions

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Farmer producer organisations need their very own Amul

Instead of encouraging them on paper, the government has to create a few model FPOs in the country and provide institutional support to them

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Will Paul Ehrlich's prediction finally come true?

The Green Revolution may have prevented the fate that was forecasted for a world bursting at the seams and unable to feed itself. But unlimited population growth means that doomsday could be well within sight

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The story of National Bamboo Mission

While the restructuring of the earlier Mission is good news, there is much more that needs to be done

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Curbing desertification as critical as mitigating climate change impact

Currently, some two billion people are affected by desertification and land degradation; 41 per cent of the landmass worldwide is prone to desertification

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A five-point plan to make Buhari’s council on food security a success

Previous attempts to ensure a sustainable food security project have failed in Nigeria. Will this one too?

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Agricultural heritage sites join ancient wisdom with modern adaptation

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System sites can teach us how our ancestors found ways to craft viable landscapes even in very austere environments for centuries

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Two seasons of separation and a deep political desperation

It feels good that agriculture features high in political discourse but, again, it is misdirected

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The craft of corrupt science

If there is evidence of toxicity in Monsanto’s glyphosate, then why are governments not banning it?

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Sustainable agriculture can be key to reducing youth migration in Africa

Agriculture is Africa’s largest employer and a possible solution to its migration problem

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Africa has long runways for land restoration to take off

Many African countries have pledged to restore their hundreds of millions of degraded land