Desi cotton to the rescue

CICR banks on traditional solutions to Vidarbha’s cotton crisis

Colouring cotton

COTTON SUCCESS

Yarns of problems

Natural resplendence

Scientists in Dharwad, Karnataka, develop coloured cotton, organically

Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm

Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield

Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm evolved to be the biggest threat for Bt cotton

Farmers say the pest has grown to become worse than the American bollworm

Cotton Curse: Damage by pink bollworm to Bt Cotton worst in two decades

Farmers say damage by pink bollworm worse than American bollworm for which the Bt Cotton hybrid was created  

Simply Put: Tricking the worm

COTTONING ON THE PAKISTAN'S WELSHING

UGANDA

Crop failure

Cotton wrecked

GM bollworms on the anvil?

Insects have been modified to destroy own species

Anti-GM vestiges

The yarn of justice

Wet clothes

New method of measuring 'water footprint' shows cotton is a guzzler

Maharashtra CM’s let-down for cotton growers

Pleads election code of conduct to postpone minimum support price decision

ARGENTINA

Finally, some cheer

Government's decision on public sector units bad news for neo-liberal economists

A fall-out of neo-liberal economics

Government's relief for Maharashtra farmers not enough

Pro-farmer government shows its colours

Monsanto marked

Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide

Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report