India’s rainfall patterns changing drastically, say Stanford scientists

Longer dry spells and wetter wet spells could spell doom for the Indian agriculture, they warn

Linkage between science and public policy has weakened

M S Swaminathan, popularly known as the father of India’s Green Revolution, has been associated with national agricultural research system (…

Pesticides lobby’s coup

Krishi Bhavan supports endosulfan companies; Kerala protests

'Climate change to impact suitability of tropical agricultural lands by 2100'

Suitability will shift to higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere

State of endosulfan

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

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

Fast food

pushpesh pant rediscovers Amaranth -- once the poor man's grain, today an expensive health food

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