Cotton wrecked

Macdosa, future food

To save the world it may be necessary to create a culture where the humble samosa replaces the mighty burger

Bluebull menace

Palmed off

An oil with several ill-effects

Wheat Bluff

Why everyone's critical of import

Colossal destruction

Dam damage

Green revolution or less food?

CENTRAL AFRICA

Return of the blight?

A new aggressive strain ofpotato blight has started spreading in Europe and threatens crops across the world

Virus mystery

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

Safe and profitable

Demon seeds

Grain of truth

China will need to import foodgrain in the next 10 years

Dry valley

An unusual drought threatens agriculture in the Kashmir valley

NORTH KOREA

Super-high yield

KENYA

SOUTH KOREA

FCI speculates on futures trading

Brokers and traders don't want FCI to enter the grain commodity exchange

Plastic fruits

Not GM, but no guarantee of their safety either

A fine threat

Nanoparticles in soil get absorbed by crops, can enter food chain

The seeds of trouble

Privatisation of tea and rubber plantations has endangered the flora and fauna in southern Sri Lanka

Wood substitutes threaten plywood industry

A CPWD proposal to ban use of timber in construction has generated friction between manufacturers of wood substitutes and plywood, with each side …

Dal hybrid beneficial but costly

The hybridisation of tur dal has made it higher-yielding and less vulnerable to disease. But only rich farmers will be able to buy the seeds.