African invasion

India's strategies for rice congress

ARGENTINA

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

Simply Put: Crop insurance

Threatened industry

India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda

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

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

Simply put: Farmers hunger strike

National biodiversity plan admits India has failed to conserve biodiversity

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

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

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