Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud
ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam
World Bank funds for agricultural research
ICAR gives top award to scientist without checking patent claims
ICAR has asked for Rs 245 crore to promote intellectual property rights but is not doing due diligence on patent claims
Why experts want GM freeze
Say regulatory system has grave deficiencies; challenge agriculture ministry’s claims
Bt Brinjal – the war goes on
Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine
Regulatory battle
Industry and activists have expressed conflicting opinions on GM crops. GEAC has a difficult decision to make
Rajasthan scraps seed pacts
ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety
Issue at hand
Science needs to come home -- scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities
Act of omission
Public institutions do not seek permission from the biodiversity authority before genetically manipulating crops
Mutual interest
Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood -- a simple lesson that has been forgotten
Private sector is profiting from vacuum left by ICAR
In the agriculture research hierarchy, Swapan Kumar Datta occupies the second rung, one of eight deputy director generals (DDGs) in the Indian …
Yellow rust strikes wheat in northern India
ICAR, agricultural universities and state agriculture departments issue advisories, alerts
Old as the hills
Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture …
Debating science risks
Chinese scientists appear to be more open to discussing the risks and ethics of new technologies than their Indian counterparts
A plant breeder comes into his own
Awards are finally coming to K Vinod Prabhu, 54, a plant breeder, for his work on building resistance in wheat, mustard and rice through the …
‘Stopping GM trials is anti-farmer’
Genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrid DMH-11 developed by Delhi University’s Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants ran into …
How useful is genome decoding?
Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore
It is not about farmers
Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers
Surplus rainfall a respite, but now Bihar wary of floods
The state received 305.9 mm rainfall in June — 82% more than normal rainfall in June 2019
ICAR to launch tuber crops scheme in Attappady
Kerala chief minister claims it will provide food and livelihood security of tribals
Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?
A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ
COVID-19: Experts look at mushrooms for employment, immunity concerns
The Directorate of Mushroom Research in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan announced release of four new high-yielding strains of mushrooms recently
Blue revolution report an attempt to sell off India’s marine wealth to MNCs, big Indian firms: fisher groups
Among other things, panel has suggested joint ventures with foreign companies and transfer of technology be taken up for exploiting waters more …
India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda
Moily bats for GM trials
After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances