Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu

Summer drought & heat can be detrimental to truffle harvests

That's rich!

Sugarcane cultivation and manure production can go hand in hand

Stubble trouble

Post-harvest clumps in rice fields burn and increasepollution in Punjab

ARGENTINA

Threatened industry

Bt Cotton imbroglio

A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?

Uttar Pradesh’s Bioenergy Policy: Good on paper, execution may be tricky

Offers cheap land for lease, tax and tariff exemptions to reduce fossil fuel use

Aerosol pollution has huge impact on India’s infant mortality, crop productivity: Study

Regional weather patterns & topography to blame, shows analysis

Clipped wings

Modern farmland practices are leading to the extinction of many bird species in the UK

Simply put: Farmers hunger strike

Private insurance companies benefitted the most from PM Fasal Bima Yojana: Report

Farmers yet to be paid Rs 5,724 crore for claims made in 5 years since scheme launch

Drought and livestock

Useful wastes

Agricultural residues could help in the making of energy sufficient talukas

Unexpected relief

Nobody expected farm forestry and exotics to become a major source of firewood

With a taste for metals

Made to order plants that eat pollutants

YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

Savage mode: In a warmer, wetter world, pests are multiplying faster and damaging crops severely

If such attacks increase, it will affect the critical food supply and overall yield

Gene remedy

Swiss bans GM for five years

30% of India’s land area experiencing different degrees of drought, data shows

In August, India recorded a rainfall deficit of 36% 

Waste not, want not

Waste generated in Guwahati will now be used to produce bio-fertiliser and electricity

Modified dangers

Bt maize can stunt the growth of caterpillars

In Short

Unseasonal Maharashtra rains damage crops on 7 million hectares: Govt

Kharif crop in Marathwada, Konkan and western Maharashtra affected

Simply put: Temperature shift confuses farmers