Carpet industry in UP faces boycott threat

Foreign buyers of Indian carpets insist that if child weavers are employed, they will not accept the product. The Indian government and …

Deadly generosity

Eighty-four nations may have 'agreed' to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the …

Book review: Commercial cultivation of medicinal plants

It is an obvious business risk for a farmer to give up growing conventional crops that have assured returns and start growing medicinal plants. …

Basmati rice exporters demand government support to improve exports

International prices of basmati have been declining over the last two years

Ranbaxy effect: Indian government defends pharma industry

Few isolated cases cannot undermine well regulated system, says commerce ministry

Tending turtles

It's all in the name

Thai farmers and activists object to a US company's use of the name Jasmati for a rice variety

Open secret

Were medicinal plants exported without government permission?

Free for all

Free exports of herbs could mean the death knell for India's biodiversity

Tough measure

Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala

Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.

Tea time tales

Darjeeling tea estates turn bio-organic as Germany threatens to boycott tea containing pesticide traces

Rustling for hair

Tainted meat

Pesticide use results in dwindling exports

Despite restrictions on harmful pesticides, their use by farmers continues. This is forcing foreign countries to reduce imports substantially of …

SAVING THE STURGEON

Leading caviar exporting nations agree to voluntarily restrict sturgeon fishing to pre-empt a ban by CITES

India bans broken rice export; 20% duty on other grades

Weak monsoon has led to reduction in paddy acreage this Kharif

The protection racket

Nothing left to catch

Africa’s agribusiness sector should drive the continent’s economic development: Five reasons why

Africa’s agriculture sector is the world’s least developed, with lowest levels of labour and land productivity

India blamed for Nepal's slow development

Cheap hydroelectric power in the Himalayan region will not be forthcoming in the near future, going by the proceedings OF a seminar hold …

Don't bite that apple!

The government's plans for boosting horticulture to earn foreign exchange do not take into account the hidden costs of deforestation, fertiliser …

Wheat export likely

Government expects record production

Never say dye

White ruling

France wins a landmark ruling on asbestos against Canada