Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary

Weighty task

It is not easy to measure nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted from Indian farms

Chhattisgarh proactive in checking illegal BT rice trials

UN body sets limit on arsenic levels in rice

Codex Commission to develop a new code of practice to help countries comply with the standard

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

PDS protests in West Bengal

India's strategies for rice congress

India's notification on Superbasmati raises eyebrows in Pakistan

SOUTH ASIA

US biotech to plant GM rice with human genes

Maharashtra approves field trials of GM food crops

Only GM cotton is grown in fields in India as of now

Mark of distinction

Genetic marker for authenticating Darjeeling tea

Science and Technology - Briefs

The many ways of GM contamination

Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist in the food and environment programme at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), is among the most …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Kerala says no to GM crop

Agriculture is egocentric

Norman Uphoff, professor emeritus of government and international agriculture at Cornell University, US, likes to say that the system of rice …

South Asia

GM field trials now need panchayat nod

South Asia

Organic farming: Reaping mixed benefits

Contradictory state of affairs in two Uttaranchal villages highlights both potential and obstacles of organic farming. The paradox has cropped up …

EC stops import of US long-grain rice

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

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