Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Seeds of doubt

Bollworm insecticide now more effective

Plant pests biofuelled

Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc

Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality

Bioinvaders

Biocontrol practices can result in ecological imbalances

Report rubbished

Chinese scientists shoot down research on shortcomings of Bt cotton

Bt fails in China

Mighty caterpillars

The GM question

Are hybrid maize seeds being promoted to pave the way for GM maize?

Better paranoid

Than regret loss that happens in millions

Appalling ability

What makes a species invasive?

Another pesticide treadmill

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010

Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

Science and Technology - Briefs

Needed: People's participation

Communities and state governments have to play a more important role

Hassan: Holding on

MRC's operations are still going on in this Karnataka district, but their fate is uncertain

Kheda: Forgotten glory

This is where it all started. And now, there is no sign of past successes

Chennai: beginning of a new policy

New bye-laws might help in dealing with malaria

Pondichery: The gnats live on

Even the memory of initial success of bioenvironmental approach has been wiped off

Goa: Back to square one

For mysterious reasons, the state government is highly sceptical of the MRC's work

High yields in Andhra's pesticide-free village

A tactical war with pests

Other side of pesticides contamination