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

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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, ...

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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