State of endosulfan

Ban on the pesticide in Kerala ineffective; more children fall victim, shows survey

Call for moratorium on biofuel

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?

Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers

Scientists warn PM against GM contamination

Ask government to be cautious of Bangladesh's Bt Brinjal cultivation

400,000 people petition parliament panel to withdraw BRAI Bill

Deadline for public feedback on biotechnology Bill expires August 25

Farmers want support

Say they are more vulnerable due to erratic weather

India

Workers starving due to closure of tea estates in North Bengal

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Ace swimmer Lewis Pugh swims seven seas to raise awareness

The initiative is to campaign for dedicated Marine Protected Areas across the world

Agroecology is the only way

Government hikes minimum support price of paddy by 16 per cent

It’s a rough deal, say farmers

Stilted against South

Climate change could rob developing nations of its food security

Change must be championed

News 360° - Briefs

Indian scientists: missing in action

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Nature cure from India

Rajasthan opens farm gates

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

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

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Pristine Tasmania faces GM threat

Opium industry lobbies to lift moratorium on GM farming

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

The Monsanto way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy