Just like a forest

Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape

GM purple tomatoes to fight cardiovascular diseases

UK-based Cathie Martin to start clinical trials soon; green activists protest and call trials ‘violation of European Union norms’

ICAR to launch tuber crops scheme in Attappady

Kerala chief minister claims it will provide food and livelihood security of tribals

Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?

A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ  

Fruitful deliberations

Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy

Science and Technology - Briefs

Vidarbha farmers unhappy with minimum support price for cash crops

Agriculture ministry overlooked increased input and labour costs, ignored state government recommendations

Parliamentary committee slams regulatory system on GM crops

Says the crops have an impact on health and the environment and that these aspects were overlooked while approving Bt Brinjal trials in India

Endosulfan manufacturers seek time on how to dispose of unused stocks of the pesticide

Supreme Court to meet on November 11

Doomsday vault in Arctic to save crop diversity

Brazil gives go-ahead to GM corns

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Food vs fuel

Moily bats for GM trials

After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?

COVID-19: Is e-NAM portal capable of supporting farmers?

Government realises the complexities of the portal 4 years after it was launched

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials

Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime

A people’s festival to protest CBD conference

Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap

Re-schooling ladakh

Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district