Locust attack: Nine Odisha districts under alert, officials asked to keep vigil
The government has started control rooms at state- and district- levels to ward off locusts
Tracking locust attack: In Rajasthan’s Dholpur, pest keeps villagers on toes
Damage to crops less as villages not heavily cultivated, according to preliminary estimates
Report highlights use of non-approved pesticides in food items in India
Even as studies point out the use of these pesticides in food commodities, coordination gaps between concerned deparments have not been addressed
Introduction of ‘data exclusivity’ in pesticides Bill will affect farmers
Certain clauses in the Bill threaten to delay the entry of affordable generic products in the market
COLANISATION'S DIRTY DOZEN
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Supreme Court allows export of unused endosulfan
Calls for strict monitoring while packaging
SC seeks details on safe export of endosulfan
Interim ban on the pesticide to continue
A pill a day
Keeps death away
Budget pitches for agriculture
No incentives for organic fertilizers and sustainable farming
Locust attack: 40 of MP’s 55 districts hit
Temporary control camps, continuous spray of insecticides are among measures taken to control locust attack
World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures
Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years
Orange tumbles
Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?
Punjab's spiritual farming
Supreme Court asks Centre to submit endosulfan disposal plan
Sets deadline of July 23
Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers
Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers
No pesticides no debts
Made it
Enabavi, a village of 52 families, is abuzz. It is hosting farmers from the nearby Kallem village who have come here for tips on profitable …
Midday meal tragedy still haunts them
Children who survived food poisoning develop side-effects; parents worry over lack of facilities in home town Chapra
Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis
From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored
Civil society praises Centre’s draft order banning 27 pesticides
The pesticides in question continue to be used in India, but are already banned, restricted or withdrawn in other countries
Pesticide manufacturers want to export more endosulfan
Apex court asks them to file application
Supreme Court reminder to FSSAI on monitoring pesticides in food commodities
Non-profit Centre for Science and Environment says food regulatory body should also periodically test packaged and processed food, including soft …
Rotterdam Convention meet: no consensus on including herbicide paraquat in the prior informed consent list
120 nations had agreed to the listing, but India and Gautemala played spoilsport
To bring back bees, European commission to impose temporary ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in farms
Move to be reviewed after two years
Organic thread
Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …