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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 …

Goodness of the unpolished

The popularity of polished white rice has killed the red and black varieties that have medicinal properties. A few Tamil Nadu farmers are …

Fukushima rice passes radiation tests for first time since disaster

The earthquake that hit Japan nearly four years ago had forced the country to stop export of fish and other produce from the area near Fukushima …

Keeper of grains

An ecologist has been guarding seeds of more than 750 rare rice varieties for over a decade

India’s pulses problem: We need real reform

The government needs to revise its pricing policy to incentivise pulses production

Silent famine: What exactly changed in India’s wheat and rice?

The crops gained quantity but lost quality in the quest to feed India’s millions

Researchers develop transgenic rice with reduced arsenic accumulation

Lucknow-based CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute researchers developed transgenic rice by inserting a novel fungal gene, which results in …

Grains of culture

Why China lost out to Europe in industrialisation

New strain of rice

The arsenic affinity

Stadium in deep water

Kerala cricket association clears wetland trees to build stadium

Don’t worry, experts say after Pakistan gets GI tag for its own Basmati rice

Basmati joint heritage of the subcontinent; Pakistan’s exports will not dent India's share

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

Thin on facts

High sales pitch of Saffola’s ‘healthier’ rice relies on unproven data  

Kerala court allows law violation

Permits use of paddy field unfit for cultivation for other purposes

Mangoes lost 150 years ago

A Karnataka farmer conserves mangoes lost 150 years ago

Survey exposes Philippines' rice research body

Rice for dry areas

Drought-tolerant genes mapped in Indian variety

Drought unleashes starvation

Officials admit to 10 deaths in Jharkhand's backward district, actual number might be 20

Stars dont foretell any more

Sahyadris have been documenting the changing climate for 40 years

A question of political will

Two innovative states prove PDS can be made efficient

Foodwise

Farmers in Maharashtra revive 120 varieties of local crops

Cupfuls of misery

Nothing more than a vote-catcher, Andhra Pradesh's cheap rice scheme has resulted in an ecological disaster in its drought-prone areas