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Letters
Dip in yield, low protein content: PAU field experiment finds several problems with nano urea
Production can decrease further year on year if nano urea application is continued
Sustainable agriculture: Punjab needs policies to support crop diversification
Growing maize instead of paddy can reduce water use by 60-70%
Brazil’s GM corns no more resistant against bugs
Farmers demand compensation as seed companies blame farmers
Can President Mukherjee redress this farmer’s grievance?
World record holder for highest paddy yield awaits certification
With IT villages
Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking
Moneymakers
A sticky label
US biotech industry gears up to play dirty in Europe
Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five more months
Activists and experts welcome Prime Minister Modi’s announcement
Letter
European food regulatory body rejects French ban on GM maize
Scientific evidence found lacking in indicating risk to health, environment
Unhealthy levels of arsenic in water could exacerbate health concerns when used to boil rice
Rice, staple of over half of humanity, already has more arsenic than other grains; washing or boiling it with arsenic-contaminated water poses …
How Odisha is promoting climate-resilient agriculture through rice fallow initiative
Cultivation of short-duration pulse, oilseed crops in rice fallow is helping maximise land use efficiency, boost farmers’ income and …
Vampireweed threatens rice production in Africa. What do we know about it?
Associated annual economic losses amount to $82 million, affecting more than 140,000 rural households
Ghanaians love rice — how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines
Efforts to produce more rice often results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers