Futures trading in rice, wheat

It could help the Indian farmer manage risks better. If it works

Weak gene

Bundled in a sacred basket

Tribal farmers in Jharkhand use mora made of rice straw to store grains

UNITED NATIONS

Grain gain or drain?

Vitaminimum

Reaping a double benefit

Two rice crops annually in semi-arid tropic regions good for soil fertility, claims study

Rice of health

Irregularities galore in Bt trials

Coming soon: more entrants into basmati family

Rice remedy

Llama antibody makes rice a weapon against rotavirus

Erratic weather hits Bangladesh's boro rice

Spotted rice gets clean chit

The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice hung in balance for more than a year

FSSAI sets standards for basmati rice; to be enforced from August

The move could increase exports of this fragrant rice of India

Sweet and sticky

Easy-to-digest saathi rice is a good choice for making kheer and khichdi

Wetlands in danger

Kerala government plans to dilute strict legislation in the name of plugging loopholes

Burdened with bumper crop

Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide

Tidy gains

Rice millers to tap CDM

Ploughing on in Punjab

How successful will the state's crop deversification scheme be?

Pests ruin paddy on 89,000 ha

Farmers destroy DuPont’s GM rice

Demand Karnataka be declared a transgenic-free state

Russia bans rice imports from India claiming pesticide contamination

Uttar Pradesh's terai experiences untimely fog

News for farmers

India’s pulses problem: We need real reform

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