Rajasthan opens farm gates

State ties up with Monsanto, other biotech giants to restructure agriculture

Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy

Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity

Nature cure from India

Indian scientists: missing in action

Who is watching GM crops?

As India gets ready to unleash a vast number of genetically modified (GM) food crops, politicians have joined activists in opposing engineered …

‘Stopping GM trials is anti-farmer’

Genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrid DMH-11 developed by Delhi University’s Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants ran into …

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Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Debating science risks

Chinese scientists appear to be more open to discussing the risks and ethics of new technologies than their Indian counterparts

Crazy GM patent system

The Brazilian lawsuit against Monsanto’s royalty on soybean seeds exposes the irrational way in which laws apply to GM crops

Sustainability increases if ethanol is made from sugarcane juice: Study

Sugarcane cultivation has benefitted from entrenched policies that incentivised production for decades

Tree-planting campaigns can reduce, not improve biodiversity, shows study

Tree plantations can contradict the real purpose of planting trees, according to the study

Paan loses flavour

Iconic paan no more appeals to farmers, traders and common people. They say the contagious spread of chewing tobacco, especially gutkha, is fast …

Pristine Tasmania faces GM threat

Opium industry lobbies to lift moratorium on GM farming

Submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops

Memorandum to the Committee on Agriculture with views on “Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops – Prospects and Effects&…

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain's submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops

Parliament panel report on GM food highlights rift within government

Calls for wider discussions before allowing transgenic crops

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The Monsanto way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy

The escape route

Punjab, which accounts for only 1.5 per cent of the total geographical area of the country, cannot continue producing for the whole country. It …

Cancer-struck

Incidence of cancer and other diseases have increased. But callous officials prefer to call it a 'coincidence'

Punjab: end of the revolution ?

Cost of production has spiralled, but the rate of increase in production has not shown a similar trend. Ecological and social costs, meanwhile, …

Counting grains

Diminishing returns

What do science-based targets to limit climate change really look like?

Commitment to climate justice demands that rich countries make deeper cuts to their emissions than merely equalising per-capita emissions by 2030