New seeder

Using urea

More space for soyabeans

A recent find raises hope for further space invasion

Rice row

US eyeing patent on Thai jasmine rice?

Another problem

Science crucified

A recent meet combats the anti-science wave in Europe

Wily pollution

Influences wheat disease

Spirit of videshi

By turning our backs on swadeshi, we have left cotton farmers in the lurch

Drought-resistant tomato

The result can be replicated in other crops

Crop cover insurance

Satellite images used differently

The asexual drive

A moving target

Prices of agricultural commodities to remain low in the next decade: FAO-OECD report

Although production has grown strongly across commodities, demand growth is decelerating

Revolutionary potatoes

Recently developed hybrid true potato seeds are ideally suited to subtropical climates and are highly disease-resistant

Creating a family tree for rice

Scientists at the National Chemical Laboratory are working on rice biotechnology in order to develop more nutritious varieties of the cereal.

Gene transfer yields pest-resisting rice strain

Darshan S Brar, who has been working for years on rice hybrids at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, talks about gene …

A lot of gas

An Indian scientists has challenged the estimates of methane -- a greenhouse gas -- produced from paddy fields

The revival of indigo

A school principal in Bihar revives the cultivation of the crop that symbolised the independence struggle

Will an amended Seeds Act make industry accountable?

The Union ministry of agriculture has moved an amendment to the Seeds Act, 1966, and also proposes to create a National Seeds Grid. While the aim …

Research is not magic solutions take a long time

S K SINHA, former director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), is currently a National Professor at the Water Technology …

One person's weed, another's medicinal plant

Rajasthan ignores seed advice

It distributed Monsanto’s hybrid maize seeds that were not recommended for the state

Poor soil, global warming

The downside of using combine harvesters

Of plants and bees

Depleting honeybees threaten biodiversity

Time to redress

The needs of the small farmer require attention: small tractors or animal power? Both?