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 …
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 …
Kerala gets cautious
Plans to ban extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in cardamom district, Idukki
Western Ghats: lessons in protection
Maize Mania
Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …
Just like a forest
Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape
Indefinite moratorium on GM field trials recommended
Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists for ban on herbicide tolerant crops for India
India softens its stand on endosulfan
Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial
Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide
Simmering discontent over tea
The newfound success of brand Darjeeling is fuelling suspicion between planters and workers. Sayantan Bera reports
Science under siege
Agricultural science has ossified in India. Despite a vast network of public research institutions and agriculture universities across the country,…
Labels must for GM food
Industry clueless about implementing labelling rule; FSSAI dithers over regulations
Crash in maize production may hit over a million people in Zimbabwe
The entire sub-Saharan African region will be hit hard as maize is the most important cereal crop in here
Expect a wet weekend
Rains brought on by an upper air pattern may cause widespread damage to crops in many states
March against Monsanto
More than a million people around the world marched against biotech giant Monsanto on May 25. The event was held across six continents, in 36 …
Air pollution damages crops more than climate change
Study finds that black carbon and ozone pollution in India has significantly cut wheat and rice yield
India’s forest cover declines
North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss
States’ entry ruffles GM lobby
Biotech firms object to states getting a say in approving GM crop trials
Scientifically invalid
Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science
Rajasthan opens farm gates
State ties up with Monsanto, other biotech giants to restructure agriculture
Biotech industry has a new patron
Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture
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How competent is Indian science?
A shoddy inter-academy report on GM crops casts a shadow on the integrity and competence of Indian science, while a US expert finds approval for …
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Towards a hopeful agricultural future
In India, no other industry has as many restrictions, controls and blatant discriminations as agriculture