Remedies
Government has to revise its policies. But it will have to learn from the civil society
Has lifting subsidies depressed fertiliser use?
A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.
Chemical-free abundance
After years of killing his fields with pesticides and fertilisers, a sapota grower rediscovered cultivation without chemicals
Disparate growth
Remodel food systems
The climate change crisis is human-made; it is we humans who must rework our lives; we cannot go ahead with the current model of agriculture …
What price subsidies?
India's city compost policy needs overhauling
Promised financial incentives for sale of city compost did not prove to be a game-changer in promoting its marketing and production
Toxic aid
FARMERS' REVOLT
QUALITY CONTROL
Low highs
Rotterdam Convention: International trade of 2 hazardous pesticides recommended for ‘prior informed consent’
Iprodione & Terbufos dangerous for health of humans, aquatic animals; India among largest exporters of Terbufos
Arsenic down under
A Geological Survey of India study points to the possible role played by use of phosphatic fertilisers, among other factors, in the occurrence …
A revolution redefined
Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture
Looks like Basmati but
India is losing the pride of many a pulao -- the aroma and taste of basmati rice. What are scientists and legal experts fighting about?
Juice no more
Fertilisers are leading to lower production of apples in Himachal Pradesh
Return of the storks
Home made potash
New Technology will help save foreign exchange
Marvel unearthed
Newly found plant gene could help increase the natural phosphorus uptake of crops
Why we must fix toxic chemical pollution to safeguard our planet and health
Leaders gathering at Bonn next week must strengthen a global agreement that prioritises accountability for pollution from chemicals
Excess nitrogen fertilisers hamper germination, root growth in rice: study
Indian scientists have now identified rice varieties that are efficient in nitrogen use
"Subsidies have to be withdrawn"
A study reveals how subsidies are encouraging farmers to waste water and use land and fertilisers unsustainably.
"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"
James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …
Sikkim is 100% organic! Take a second look
The state's transition to organic farming is yet to become a true success
PESTICIDES STUDY