Show the way out

Freedom on the freeway

A people's movement in northern California has weeded out the use of pesticide on highways

"No" to sweet poison

Vexed with Hoechst

Flower shower

Farewell to fertilisers

The Netherlands' position as an agricultural superpower stands threatened... unless it shifts to eco-friendlier organic cultivation

A pox on pests

The seeds of traditional wisdom

A farmer in northern India has adopted agricultural practices that are attuned -- and not disruptive -- to the rural environment. Moreover, he …

Tarnished terrain

Pesticides used in rice cultivation are having just the reverse effect than the one intended -instead of decimating pests, extensive studies …

Deadly bloom

Holland's thriving tulip flower industry is under pressure to clean up its act and save the environment from degradation caused by excessive use …

A leaf from history

The search for easily applicable environment-friendly plant protection technologies could very well find its answer in the pages of history

There's more to trees than timber

New thinking on forestry management calls for reducing the emphasis on sustainable timber production and concentrating instead on the protection …

A handmaiden of the West

The Stockholm Convention is against the interests of the developing world

Pest of a problem

Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector

Skewed approach

When government agencies do give out information, they think it is above reproach

Whre science and tradition join hands

The Gloria Land farm in Pondicherry and another run by a couple in Karnataka, show natural inputs can effectively replace factory produced …

Checking in Quietly

Bad regulation equals contaminated imports

No consensus on vulture census, conservation

Complementarity begets productivity

ORGANIC farming technologies involve adaptation to local environments. Continuing the series on organic farming (See Down To Earth, November 30, …

Working wonders with neem

There has recently been a flurry of international activity centred around the versatile neem.

Spraying poison

Despite a government ban on use of some common pesticides in agriculture, our food continues to be contaminated. The there-is-no-alternative …

QED

Scientific proof that pesticides harm the human body

Don't bite that apple!

The government's plans for boosting horticulture to earn foreign exchange do not take into account the hidden costs of deforestation, fertiliser …

A Pest Of A Problem

Cross-border trade in hazardous chemicals and pesticides threatens the ecology with dire consequences. Sixty-one nations get together to ward off …

Sri Lanka's Tree Frogs