Budget pitches for agriculture

No incentives for organic fertilizers and sustainable farming  

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The pesticides in question continue to be used in India, but are already banned, restricted or withdrawn in other countries 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 …

India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet

Opposes its inclusion in prior informed consent list; campaigners accuse industry lobby of influencing government

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …