Efficient water-use: Odisha’s tribal farmers show the way

Micro-irrigation has been a game-changer by aiding year-round & diverse cultivation

Data on sugarcane in Maharashtra after floods shows why accurate assessment is critical

Water crisis

Licence to kill

MP government mulls proposal to facilitate hunting of crop-eating wild animals

Ploughing on in Punjab

How successful will the state's crop deversification scheme be?

Maharashtra approves field trials of GM food crops

Only GM cotton is grown in fields in India as of now

Scientists discover ‘safe’ GMOs

The synthetic organisms need amino acids to survive

Gene that acts as moisture sensor in plants identified

The find can help in engineering drought-resistant crops

Crops losing protein

Fast foods

Profit from an acre

Innovative farming system revives a farmer's fortune in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu

Fire in the mountain

Acute fodder crisis behind forest fires in Himachal Pradesh

Too costly to grow

High input cost and erratic weather take toll

Cheap fix

The rush to make profits out of carbon-fixing engenders another kind of colonialism

Why potato's cousins remain neglected

Tubers come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and pack quite a punch

Earth links

To protect India’s bees, we need to understand their impact on agricultural practices

 Farmers worry about effect of genetically modified crops on honey bees

Hudhud causes heavy rains across Chhattisgarh

Extensive agricultural damage expected

Fortified protection

Rabi crop acreage witnesses a decline, pulses fare the worst

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat among states affected; change in rainfall pattern likely reason

Two leaves and a bud

Biobusiness

EU nations can ban GM crops, says EU environment panel

Will this move set the precedent for GM-free food production in the world?

As told to Parliament (July 22, 2019): States asked to form biotechnology coordination panels against GM crops

All that was discussed in the House through the day

BJP parliamentarians back out of Monsanto-sponsored US tour

The delegation was to leave for the US on Saturday, according to media reports