Saying it with flowers

Flowers may wither, but not their importance in the cultures of most countries

The sweet scent of hard cash

Several Indian firms, eyeing easy profits, are cultivating exotic varieties of flowers for the Dutch market but paying little heed to ecological …

Deadly bloom

Holland's thriving tulip flower industry is under pressure to clean up its act and save the environment from degradation caused by excessive use …

Karanda: Rural India's rich fruit

Karanda is a versatile but under-exploited plant found throughout the dry regions of India. It is cultivated for its edible fruits in Rajasthan, …

Hopes in bloom

Sikkim’s tryst with floriculture marks a new beginning for small growers, but poor market access and a flush of imported breeds may mar its …

Flowering contentions

A Kenyan bid to enter the global flower market withers some of the North's near-monopoly profiteering

Budding clocks

The thorn buds

Parisians see red and intercept a consignment of Indian roses meant to reach French women on Valentines day, turning it into a thorny issue

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Biotechnology assures leap in production

Tissue culture can change the face of agriculture, asserts Ajit Thomas, who heads a firm that has gone in a big way for biotechnology …

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Boom time for lab bloomers

India hopes to earn Rs 200 crore every year exporting flowers mass produced in laboratories

Flower talk

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Fresh flowers

Bloom fades on Holland's famous flower trade

Dutch export of flowers has fallen in the face of increasing competition from other countries and a drop in the quality of plants at home.

Flower to the People

Floriculture emerges as a big economy in Sikkim

Rare plant species rediscovered in Western Ghats after more than 100 years

The wild plant was redicsovered in a biosphere reserve in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu

Bleak monsoon hurts floriculture in West Bengal

Farmers struggle to store flowers, increase production and end up with low payouts