Meeting rising demand

Potato detector

Saline succour

Plants of Salicornia species thrive in saline soils and can feed humans, animals and industry

FLOODED RICE

Oilseed bonanza

Indian markets may soon be flooded with high-yielding hybrid seeds of mustard and rapeseed

CENTRAL AFRICA

Drying device

Rice and easy

Beneficial feat

GM groundnut on the anvil

To reduce environmental impact, change the way we produce food: study

The biggest hurdle is finding uniform production processes across diverse geographies and climatic conditions

Competing with wheat

Human-made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region

Tissue-culture technology facilitates to hike yeild of tasty coconut

The tasty, popular coconut species of Thailand, kati, could not be produced in large scale because it is infertile. But scientists have now found …

Polly can't get at this wheat

Some wheat hybrids developed in India's agricultural universities are exceptionally good at keeping birds away

Defeat starvation

Sub-Saharan Africa is on the brink of starvation. In spite of efforts made by the government and private organisations, the agricultural scene …

Recipe for rice

The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the …

To kill a mocking pest

With pesticides no longer a viable means of controlling pests in most cases, the search for alternatives like bio-pesticides has proved that …

Herb farming

Profit from an acre

Innovative farming system revives a farmer's fortune in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu

Fixing nitrogen

New study may help reduce global dependence on fertilisers

Climate change impact on agriculture: 50 million to be poor by 2030, says UN body

Rising displacement due to disasters fuelling more conflicts

Making of drought-proof gram

Proteins that help chickpea fight dehydration identified

Test crop washed away

Speedy information

High-yield Heera

Cash starved