Old mandate, new law
Agricultural Biosecurity Bill 2013 does not offer much to save India from bio-terror
Punjab fails to monitor GM trial
Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato
Hailstorm drives farmers to suicide
Over 100 kill themselves as large tracts of crops are damaged; food prices likely to go up
‘Let farmers decide the price’
Mani Chinnaswamy’s contract farming model has prompted IIM graduates to study his Appachi formula. After all, it gives farmers the right to …
Monsanto conducted trials of GM maize without approval, reveals RTI reply
Biotech regulatory panel overlooked violation
Is Bt cotton a success or failure?
Participants attending conference to review Bt cotton call for extensive investigation into all aspects of cotton production before drawing …
Red alert on Indian spices
Spice Board challenges US food department’s claims over salmonella contamination
Safal shows the way
Mother Dairy’s retail model helps farmers but is under pressure from chains
New insurance lets farmers down
Unions demand individual coverage
Is new land bill up to mark?
Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist
Bitter harvest: farmers kill selves
Freak weather destroys crops across India
Parliament panel deliberates plea to ban meat exports
Petition to Parliament panel draws attention to severe cattle depletion in the country affecting agricultural economy; public comments invited
Stage set for GM crops
Centre hastily tables Bill on biotech regulation in Parliament
States told to roll out contingency plans
Plans cover crops, poultry, livestock and fisheries; Centre allows use of funds from agriculture schemes for funding contingency plans
One-sided deal
Contract farming is increasing in India, but laws are not in place to protect farmers
Legislation for a few
Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers
Don't sign free trade agreement with EU, yet: Parliament panel to government
EU-India FTA must pass Parliament scrutiny before it is signed, says panel chairperson
Is coal mineral or bioresource?
Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies
India set to grow biofortified crop
Four states to cultivate iron-rich pearl millet by 2012
What is causing food inflation
It is protein products, not wheat and rice that are pushing food price index
Bt Brinjal – the war goes on
Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine
Act of omission
Public institutions do not seek permission from the biodiversity authority before genetically manipulating crops
CAG blames Centre for increase in foodgrain procurement cost
Lack of specific method in determining minimum support price of grains caused variation in margins over production, says report
India emerges as largest buffalo meat exporter
Exports by the country exceeded that of Brazil and Australia last year