Study points to quality issues in Bt cotton seeds

The study has found seed companies violating norms on the mixture of refuge seeds and Bt cotton seeds provided to farmers

India's research on forage crops fails to avert fodder shortage

But it does churn out some unconventional alternatives

Budget 2020-21: Local level adaptation may be focus vis-à-vis climate change

Funds might be allocated to Panchayati Raj ministry, IMD, other institutions to minimise impact of extreme weather

Rajasthan ignores seed advice

It distributed Monsanto’s hybrid maize seeds that were not recommended for the state

One person's weed, another's medicinal plant

Ban use of TB drug on crops: Central panel

Minutes of the meeting said that streptomycin, tetracycline use be phased out by 2022-end for crops for which no options were available

Lac grows on plant

Scientists find a way to cultivate lac that is less labourintensive and more profitable

Seed restoration

Linkage between science and public policy has weakened

M S Swaminathan, popularly known as the father of India’s Green Revolution, has been associated with national agricultural research system (…

New insurance lets farmers down

Unions demand individual coverage

Nutri-farms to fight hidden hunger

In a first, bio-fortification technology gets Rs 200 crore in the Union Budget

ICAR’s shoddy science

Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

Cleaning the cotton stain

ICAR sets up independent investigation into Bt Bikaneri Narma research scam

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

Why experts want GM freeze

Say regulatory system has grave deficiencies; challenge agriculture ministry’s claims

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 …

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

Act of omission

Public institutions do not seek permission from the biodiversity authority before genetically manipulating crops

Yellow rust strikes wheat in northern India

ICAR, agricultural universities and state agriculture departments issue advisories, alerts

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 …

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

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 …