Go ahead

Six GM cotton varieties to be cultivated in three states

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The newcomer

Transgenic cotton is poised to enter the Indian market

Sowing panic

In short

Invasive alien species threaten agriculture and biodiversity in Africa: Study

Africa may lose about $3.66 trillion annually due to impact of IAS on agriculture

Power on wheels

Pest attack

Forests in Himachal Pradesh are under attack from a deadly pest

Cattle, labour and other non-descripts

India's farm labour needs dignity

Crop burning: Haryana farmers to launch a state-wide protest

This step comes after several village-level protests demanding better management of crop residue went unheard

Farmers demand better crop prices, loan waiver and relief

A memorandum has been addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi containing a list of farmers' demands

Sweet death

Red rot, a fatal fungus eating into the sugarcane crop in western Uttar Pradesh, has left India drastically short on sugar. BIJOY BASANT PATRO …

Using viruses for biological pest control

The use of viruses as control agents against crop attacking insects is increasingly becoming popular.

TRANSGENIC CROPS

One up

Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain

Even the mice won't eat

Tests on mice prove that GM food might be more suspect than lobbyists would have us believe

Centre takes steps to monitor pulse stocks: Is India staring at another food crisis?

Heavy rain and hailstorm in mid-March and early April might affect yield of pulse crops; official says government focusing on nutrition and security

Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

GM blues

Controversy dogs Bt cotton clearance as debate over transgenics continues

Gotcha!

Coming soon: more entrants into basmati family

Punjab and Haryana are unable to get out of paddy-wheat cycle; why is that?

Experts say low returns and post harvest losses and management inefficiences among major roadblocks for crop diversification 

Half of Maharashtra’s villages lose 50% crop

Farmers want drought to be declared; government dilly-dallies