Nine new crop varieties

Bamboo shock

The Mizoram government gears up to face the menace of bamboo flowering

Another setback

Fast food - Poor man's amaranth is now expensive health food

Scientists classify Amaranth as a grain, but most Indians treat it as non-cereal

Troubled tycoon

Drought damage

Tax the rich and help the poor survive

Food versus fodder

Increasing livestock in the Asian countries could result In lower foodgrain production

THAILAND

A big shot at nylon

Police fire kills 1, and Goa's Thapar DuPont nylon venture takes a dive

Dry spell

DYING FOR RAIN

Cotton wrecked

Bluebull menace

Palmed off

An oil with several ill-effects

A brinjal that democratised science in India

Aniket Aga examines the interplay of science and India’s complex politics in genetically modified democracy 

Cases against Monsanto’s glyphosate double in a month

The German drugmaker now faces 8,000 cases in the US against its weedkiller

Desert Locust outbreak in Yemen poses risk to neighbouring countries

Locusts can have devastating effect on crops, especially in vulnerable areas

Colossal destruction

Dam damage

Green revolution or less food?

CENTRAL AFRICA

Virus mystery

It is difficult to predict the behaviour of genetically engineered crops to resist viruses

Safe and profitable

Demon seeds