Lac grows on plant
Scientists find a way to cultivate lac that is less labourintensive and more profitable
Seed restoration
Cleaning the cotton stain
ICAR sets up independent investigation into Bt Bikaneri Narma research scam
Act of omission
Public institutions do not seek permission from the biodiversity authority before genetically manipulating crops
Organic Universe
Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …
Why experts want GM freeze
Say regulatory system has grave deficiencies; challenge agriculture ministry’s claims
Moily bats for GM trials
After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances
ICAR chases patents for pickle
The National Research Centre on Meat has odd ideas on what can be patented
Regulatory battle
Industry and activists have expressed conflicting opinions on GM crops. GEAC has a difficult decision to make
One person's weed, another's medicinal plant
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
Bt Brinjal – the war goes on
Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine
Rajasthan scraps seed pacts
ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety
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
Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?
A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ
All the way to Brazil to find Vidarbha cotton solution
Government takes seven years to admit Bt cotton has failed in Vidarbha and return to Desi varieties
Scientists’ panel to add new member for report on GM field trials
Weeks after expert committee recommended moratorium Supreme Court agrees to agriculture ministry's request to add new member to panel
Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops
Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament
Indefinite ban on GM field trials recommended
Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists also against herbicide-tolerant crops for India
Rajasthan ignores seed advice
It distributed Monsanto’s hybrid maize seeds that were not recommended for the state