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