News for farmers

Warming bad for rice

Rice is a staple diet for many. But a recent study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) under the United States department of agriculture has …

Farmer’s pod luck

A Sehore farmer finds a unique pigeon pea variety that bears pods three to four times in a row

Seeds bill doesn't matter in India's horticulture capital

sopan joshi meets farmer-tycoons oblivious of the Seeds Bill 2004, but hooked to a biotech future

BYTES

The arsenic affinity

Revival plan for a disappearing tree

WHO OWNS OUR VEGGIES?

The patenting of a broccoli developed through conventional breeding in Europe is a disturbing trend since it violates the law on plant life

In Search of the Forgotten Rice Varieties

If the current trend towards genetic uniformity in rice varities continues, our food security will be severely imperilled

India to confront Monsanto in US

Biodiversity Authority will oppose Monsanto’s patent application involving Indian melon

GM field trials now need panchayat nod

Birds of a feather

BIRDS AND PLANT REGENERATION·Tara Gandhi· Orient Longman Ltd· New Delhi·2000·pp81

Bill Or Bull?

Why is India pushing for the enactment of a bill that does not protect agriculture?

Himalayan herbal heritage fading

The scent that sells

Soy seed racket busted in Maharashtra

Regional manager suspended

Cottonseeds to check malnourishment?

WHOSE SEED IS IT ANYWAY?

The rich world’s mania for patenting seeds and pushing the UPOV agenda do not aid food security or biological diversity

Who is protected?

The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it …

Back from plant heaven

South Africa tries to bring cycads, plants that coexisted with the dinosaurs, back to life

To ensure food for tomorrow

Rice and wheat yields are falling. To check it a new initiative has been taken

Up against GM

Low Pulse

Spiralling prices of pulses have shown India’s dependence on imports. Pulses are integral to India’s diet but not its food policy. As …

So long, Suvin

The finest and longest staple cotton in the world, and part of India's cotton heritage, is on the verge of disappearing

Orange tumbles

Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?