One-sided deal
Contract farming is increasing in India, but laws are not in place to protect 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
Legislation for a few
Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers
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
Farm loan waiver given to ineligible people: CAG
Serious lapses and errors in over 20 per cent cases test-checked; many deserving farmers left out
‘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 …
Farmers demand guaranteed income
Demand farm income commission; urge political parties to make it an election issue
Salvage science
Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector
Hidden hunger?
There is a rush to cash in on micronutrient deficiency in India through fortification of food
New milky way
Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …
PM should head food security bill: M S Swaminathan
Giving right to food is not enough to deliver food, say speakers at a conference on food security
Moily bats for GM trials
After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances
Parliamentary committee slams regulatory system on GM crops
Says the crops have an impact on health and the environment and that these aspects were overlooked while approving Bt Brinjal trials in India
‘There is not enough milk’
Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…
Bringing order to streets
Centre legalises street vending and gives the profession its due respect. But accommodating vendors is a challenge
Farmers move court against Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Haryana
Plant site is fertile land and sustains 10,000 people
How true is Horlicks ad hype on boiled milk?
Experts say advertisement is misleading
India Biodiversity Awards 2012 go to six pioneers in biodiversity governance
These include three village panchayats, two tiger reserves and informal network of forest protection committees