Growing organic tea in northeast India is a difficult task

Test tube brinjal

Test tube brinjal

Indian regulators are keen to clear Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation. This would be India’s first genetically modified food crop. If …

Locust infestation

Europe to phase out major pesticides

EU decides to withdraw about 320 substances used in plant protection products - including pesticides, fungicides and herbicides - from markets by …

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Mexican government wages war against moth

Call from cave

Bats, largely elusive till now, are slowly revealing their secrets as scientists record and analyse their calls

Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

India Organics Inc

The Indian farmer is 'naturally' organic. But without support and premium for 'green' crops, there is no alternative but to take the chemical route

Untapped Potential

Lack of lagislation and certification undermines the potential of organic farming in India

Into the ginger trap

Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution

Healthcare in Malwa in shambles

Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan

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Scientists write to PM against ICAR ‘gag order’ on GM mustard

Health and safety of crops draw concern from scientific community

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Locust menace worsens in Ladakh

In court

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