Hybrid gains

A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha

INDIA

Super sensors

United Nations

Kalanamak

The future of Indian scented rice?

Off to Canada

Punjab's richest farmers

Handling a pest, gingerly

Modus operandi of bacterial wilt uncovered

Revised menu

India looks to open agriculture to US corporates

Equal rights

The largest collection of germplasm in the world will be handed over to the Food and Agriculture Organisation to ensure equal accessibility

Government attention sets pulses spinning

Pulse production in India is touching an all-time high, but the benefits are reaching only a few because most farmers are ignorant about the new, …

Biotech-engineered rice has few takers

Despite advancements, research programmes in rice biotechnology heve drawn lukewarm response because it is felt that there is little money to be …

Neem gains honour as India's wonder tree

Known in ancient India as a tree with many wondrous properties, the neem tree is slowly drawing the attention of the country's scientific and …

How green was the revolution

The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High Yielding Rice Varieties in South India Peter B R Hazell and C Ramaswamy Oxford University …

Timbaktu

Timbaktu, a film by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, Produced by Black Ticket Films, 30 mins

Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance

Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure 

Cultivating Europe

Middle Eastern farmers carried agriculture to the West

Wheat rusts no more

MoEFCC submission to UNFCCC shows agricultural emissions are still rising

Agriculture emissions rose by 3.2 per cent from 408 MtCO2e in 2016 to 221 MtCO2e in 2019

Lignin from agro waste helps make useful nanocomposites

Lignin is a complex organic polymer rich in polyphenols with antimicrobial qualities

Water wise

Salt-tolerant durum wheat grown using plant’s ancestors

Breather for crops

How growstones keep substrates more fertile in greenhouses

Stubborn rust

Scientists decode rust fungus genome that risks world’s crops

Pest-resistant maize

Adding life to spice

Growth aid