The BJP government is set on introducing policies which will deepen the agrarian crisis instead of reviving the rural economy
Straw in the wind
Rotten tomato for Monsanto
Western Ghats: lessons in protection
Japanese biopiracy of our Ballia barley
Japan’s Sapporo brewery patents Indian barley gene without giving benefit to farmers
A land of their own
Society thinks women do not want to own land. That’s where it is wrong
Loud and unclear
The climate and trade tango
India's gold follies and food security
Why are lawmakers so ready to forego huge tax revenues on gold but baulk at spending on food for ...
Horses, pigs and climate change
Amongst the Nakhi community in China's Yunan province where small farmers, who produced food from biodiverse crop cum livestock ...
G8 and tragedy of Africa
Rich nations are forcing African states to change laws to facilitate private investment in agriculture in a replay ...
The flip side of agricultural growth in Madhya Pradesh
Agricultural growth rate figures in the state appear to be unrealistic if one considers farm suicides and increase in ...
In celebration of biodiversity
Myth of onion
The humble vegetable’s price is not a lethal weapon against politicians but their victim
Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science
He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support
Two leaves and a bud, a tale of certain exotics
Sayantan Bera chronicles the simmering discontent in the picturesque tea gardens of Assam, Darjeeling
Land grab fallout
Scramble to buy land in foreign countries to grow more food leaves more people hungry
Fire in the mountain
Acute fodder crisis behind forest fires in Himachal Pradesh
Promoting millets: the wheel need not be reinvented
New policy could be detrimental to millet farming
Will diesel subsidy help farmers tide over drought?
Crazy GM patent system
The Brazilian lawsuit against Monsanto’s royalty on soybean seeds exposes the irrational way in which laws apply to GM ...
The loss of our breeds
Buy an Indian breed from Australia
Drought and livestock
Seeking Food Sovereignty
Six sins that make drought invincible
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