Gene leakage
GM bacteria can infect fungi
Divided over royalty
Should states or private seed companies regulate price of Bt cotton seed?
Private plantations urged on forest land
After supporting India's forestry programmes for almost two decades, the World Bank now is moving toward arrogating to itself governance of the …
Uttaranchal tea estates bane for farmers
MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops
इस बार खरीफ फसलों की 59 लाख हेक्टेयर से अधिक क्षेत्रों में बुवाई हुई
खरीफ सीजन के लिए बुवाई के अंतिम आंकड़े 1 अक्टूबर 2020 को आने की उम्मीद है।
Warning bell: Extreme weather is hitting India’s farmlands harder
With an increase in disaster risks, India needs to measure and assess its ‘disaster losses’ better
Data on sugarcane in Maharashtra after floods shows why accurate assessment is critical
Fortified rice scheme to create Rs 3,000-crore market for just five big firms
The Centre’s decision to provide only fortified food items under government schemes rekindles the debate on whether fortification helps …
Govt’s plan to import maize may hurt farmers
If the cereal grain is imported at low prices in non-harvest season, it will create a cheap stock impacting the upcoming harvest
Africa's big little anti-GM revolution
Burkina Faso's farmers have thrown out Monsanto's Bt cotton and returned to conventional seeds, with a little help from India.
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?
Kerala says no to GM crops
South Asia
Farmers destroy DuPont’s GM rice
Demand Karnataka be declared a transgenic-free state
Digging deep into muck
Film>> The World According to Monsanto • directed by Marie-Monique Robin
Parched Punjab
India's most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over-extraction of groundwater and faulty …
Bitten by the betel
Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals …
बारिश, ओलावृष्टि और लॉकडाउन ने रबी की फसल को पहुंचाया नुकसान: रिपोर्ट
इस साल उम्मीद की जा रही थी कि रबी की फसल का उत्पादन बहुत अच्छा रहेगा, लेकिन अब जो आकलन सामने आ रहे हैं, ...
बजट से पहले खरीफ फसलों का न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य बढ़ाया
सरकार का दावा है कि इस कदम से निवेश में वृद्धि होगी और किसानों को निश्चित लाभ प्राप्त होने के माध्यम से उत्पादन में ...
High-tech on the ground: Blockchain technology to boost small farm incomes
Three-way partnership between ICRISAT, Eleven01 and KHETHINEXT to create a transparent marketplace
Extreme climate can halve crop yields: Study
Global research quantifies impact of climate extremes on staple crops maize, spring wheat, rice and soybeans
9 human-animal conflicts every day in Bandipore, Nagarhole National Park
Most of these involved crop and property damage, shows data by the Wildlife Conservation Society