Improving water security in Maharashtra’s cotton-growing villages

Cotton is an important fibre crop in Maharashtra, with more than four million farmers engaged in cotton farming

खरीफ की बुआई में 6.32 फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी, धान की बुआई जारी

चालू मानसून सीजन में अब तक सामान्य से 9 फीसदी अधिक बारिश हुई है, जिसके चलते खरीफ की बुआई बढ़ी है

How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso

Many GM crops in Africa are not the domain of big agri-business companies. This doesn’t mean vested interests won’t still shape …

Will agriculture help twice-returned Saurashtra migrants tide over COVID-19 crisis?

Several Saurashtra migrants who had returned to work in Surat in May-end said they have fallen back on land resources for agriculture 

Rajasthan Locust Attack: Pests plus lockdown leave farmers in a soup

Destruction of the cotton crop, unsold rabi crops like wheat and barley and lack of help from the government making things worse for farmers

These farmers in Bikaner, Rajasthan have faced locusts 3 times in one year

They face an uncertain future as many have not received any help from the government

Tracking locust attack: Cotton crop spread over 700 hectares destroyed in Bikaner

Farmers in a dilemma with no income to pay for living expenses as well as debt

COVID-19: Bengal cotton loom trade hit

Exports fall by 10 per cent in five months, taant trade badly hit 

How turmeric became tribal south Rajasthan’s ‘saviour spice’

The success of organic turmeric cultivation in Dungarpur proves that it isn't necessary to look towards global crops like BT cotton as saviours 

बीटी कॉटन को लेकर फिर से कठघरे में बीज कंपनियां

 वैज्ञानिकों द्वारा किए गए अध्‍ययन में बीज कंपनियों द्वारा बीटी कॉटन के रिफ्यूज के लिए किसानों को दिए जा रहे बीज सही नहीं पाए ...

हरियाणा के खेत में पैदा किया जा रहा गैरकानूनी बीटी बैंगन

जीएम फ्री इंडिया ने दावा किया है कि हरियाणा के फतेहाबाद जिले में गैरकानूनी तरीके से बीटी बैंगन पैदा किया जा रहा है।  इसकी ...

Wrong to say Bt cotton successful in India: Environmental activists

The GM crop traditionally modified to repel pests has instead induced new pests that can greatly disrupt the ecological balance

Nigeria first to approve Bt cowpea, Ghana may follow

Nigeria has to import cowpea to meet demand for its most important legume

Spinning industry seeks government help

Industry association recently published advertisements in newspapers, seeking govt attention

Neem chemical can disable cotton pest in multiple ways: Study

Research on cotton bollworm reveals that the phytotoxin acts in multiple ways to suppress growth of the pest

The circular economy: How Rwanda tries to chart its course in hostile global waters

Wanting to move away from being a dumpyard of used clothings has meant angering Donald Trump's USA. The small east African country is trying to …

क्या जीएम फसल पर सख्त हो रही है सरकार

पिछले 15 दिन में हरियाणा के दो गांवों में प्रशासन द्वारा बीटी बैंगन की फसल को नष्ट किया गया है। जबकि जीएम फसल का ...

जानिए, कैसे जीएम फसलों ने भारत में घुसपैठ की

प्रतिबंध के बावजूद भारत में गुपचुप तरीके से जीएम बीजों ने प्रवेश किया और धीरे-धीरे पूरे देश में फैल गए। 

जीएम बीज से समाज ही नहीं अपना भी नुकसान कर रहे हैं किसान

भाकियू ने किसानों से कहा है कि अवैध आनुवंशिक रूप से संशोधित/जीएम बीजों को न बोएं और कम्पनियों के दलालों के झांसों में न ...

Monsanto's troublesome trait

Bayer is battling seed companies and farmers in several countries over royalty on Monsanto's GM seeds

Dhuri: A Delhi-based fashion brand that makes clothes out of milk

In a world where pollution caused by textiles is a major threat, a brand specialising in eco-friendly fabrics claims it can be a better option …

Trial after error

The Supreme Court's decision to resend Monsanto's Bt cotton case to the trial court will ensure judicial scrutiny of all aspects of the patent …

‘Humans are closer to setting up base on Moon’

Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya, an astrobiologist, talks about the future of China’s experiment that resulted in a seed sprouting on the lunar surface

SC okays Monsanto’s patent claim over Bt cotton

The agri-business giant earlier had a setback at Delhi high court

A vicious nexus

To ensure that inconvenient research is besmirched and killed, industries are invariably attacking the science and researchers