Rogues tamed

In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests of southern Maharashtra

Brinjal blues

Amid countrywide protests against Bt brinjal, Bangladesh government announces plan to expand cultivation of the genetically modified crop

Fruit scare

Encephalitis is not only threatening lives in Bihar, but also the livelihood of litchi farmers as unconfirmed reports link the disease to the fruit

Putting out new shoots

Whether it's increasing yields, cutting growth time of plants, increasing their resistance to disease or preserving genetic resources, scientists …

In the red

Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant's poisonous tubers to …

Chhattisgarh will not allow GM crops

Chandrasekhar Sahu, agriculture minister of Chhattisgarh, is passionate about making farming a viable proposition for farmers. He has written …

Kingfisher and Cronies

Farmers face police wrath, 3 killed

75 villages protest government decision to give their water to Pune  

Organic v conservative

Scientists contest an age-old agricultural technique

Bill Or Bull?

Why is India pushing for the enactment of a bill that does not protect agriculture?

In search of famine

HARVESTING HUNGER·A video film by Krishnendu Bose·Duration: 53 minutes

Popular medicine

Farmers say 'no' to Ranbaxy expansion plans

Drama around Tata's proposed car plant in West Bengal

Green revolution, gene revolution has not worked

From green revolution to gene revolution, at who's cost?

Kerala coconut industry gets a breather

Politics behind Maharashtra's milk strike

West Bengal withdraws land acquisition notification in Nandigram

Who will grow food?

Muscle power

Farmer harmer

Cost of irrigation 15,000 people

Badlands can earn

Bulldozers on crop

Court cements Nirma claim

Rejects farmers’ plea against cement plant in Bhavnagar

When the government must step in