Halt GM crops

Pesticides lobby’s coup

Krishi Bhavan supports endosulfan companies; Kerala protests

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010

A treasure too good to lose

Mexicans are fighting hard to save their traditional maize from the onslaught of GM hybrids and US exports

'Climate change to impact suitability of tropical agricultural lands by 2100'

Suitability will shift to higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere

Fewer honeybees could mean less food

Food prices spur inflation

Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry

The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …

GM mustard effect: Private firm now seeks Bt brinjal trials

Maharashtra-based seed company has developed 2 Bt brinjal varieties, offers resistance to pests

Cold waves in northwest India could still mean a warm winter

Light precipation over Christmas, but dry spell in plains; 2022 expected to end on a dry note

Starved of fodder

Marathwada has been struggling with acute fodder shortage, but the state government has not taken any step to counter the problem

Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

Healthy kya?

Why are companies across all product categories 'nutracising' their brands? Obviously, to catch a huge market -- growing by the day -- for health …

Experts slam trial for new Bt brinjal variety, cite regulatory lapses

The Event 142 variety of genetically modified brinjal was quietly approved for field trials without any data in the public domain, claim experts

India compromises on WTO deal

Under pressure from the US, it accepts conditions not part of G-33 proposal

Stage set for GM crops

Centre hastily tables Bill on biotech regulation in Parliament

Predicting doom

Global warming will impact crop production

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Public protests mount against Bt brinjal

Supreme Court seeks details on steps to protect indigenous varieties

GM crop benefits are all in future

Nearly 40 years ago, Marc Van Montagu of Ghent University in Belgium, along with fellow researcher Jeff Schell, discovered that Agrobacterium …

The inside story

Bad health is good business. The pharmaceutical industry knows that. But now bad health is turning out to be good business for the food industry …

Brazil’s GM corns no more resistant against bugs

Farmers demand compensation as seed companies blame farmers

GM and the superhero

India set to grow biofortified crop

Four states to cultivate iron-rich pearl millet by 2012