Insuring against gene erosion

Experiments by the Academy for Development of Science in Karjat have led researchers to conclude that gene banks are best created and controlled …

Unfair price shop

Open markets to free trade, says the US. Yet it doles out sops to its farmers. Highly subsidised US produce floods global markets, bringing down …

Book review: Making amends?

"Demanding Accountability: Civil-Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel" Edited by Dana Clark, Jonathan Fox and Kay Treakle Rainbow …

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. …

In Karnataka, politics has led to the effective ‘invisiblisation’ of farmers

All political parties in Karnataka continue to represent the interests of the feudal class, including those of the large farmers who constitute a …

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

Classroom: Mayhem in March

Mobile soil nutrient tester

The soil meter will be available in four months; cost: Rs 5,000

Whose land?

Cancerous farming

The birds are back

Cambodia

Driven to the extreme

Rampant pollution and state inaction forces farmers to attack and kill a miner in Goa

Vidarbha's theatre of the jungle

PLAY>> atmahatya Directed by Sadanand Borkar Vidarbha

Paddy sells cheap in Kerala

Rock bottom

Women grow food basket

Maharashtra district revives an old farm practice and tackles drought

GMs renegade genes

Ecological costs of a GM plant are higher than benefits

Farmers in a bind

Proposed GAIL pipeline through Punjab will curb land rights

Not as wheatful as expected

Certified seeds turned out spurious: Punjab farmers

Rehabilitating land

Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP

When ducks get to work

Employing ducks in the paddy field heralds an era of prosperity for farmers in Japan, and in time worldwide

Being an Indian farmer…

Five things you need to know about an Indian farmer’s life and why they are on the streets this Republic Day 

Maharashtra's cash-strapped cane growers to launch agitation

Sugarcane farmers warn of ‘halla bol’ agitation if properties of sugar mills defaulting on payments are not seized by January 28, 2019

Samyukt Kisan Morcha ‘suspends’ farm protests after letter from Centre

Farmers at Singh, Tikri and Ghazipur will start vacating the sites December 11, according to Samyukt Kisan Morcha