Rice remedy

Llama antibody makes rice a weapon against rotavirus

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?

India’s pulses problem: We need real reform

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

Grains of culture

Why China lost out to Europe in industrialisation

New strain of rice

IN FOCUS

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

Pest control

Golden cure

Watch: What Sitharaman promised to counter COVID-19

Finance minister announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package

Rice yields could plummet 40% by 2100 due to climate change: Stanford University

At least 2 billion people, especially in Asia, could be affected due to the scarcity

Simply put: Temperature shift confuses farmers

Farm pacts

Grain glut

India faces a surplus of foodgrains. Is exporting a good option?

Arsenic eyes rice nutrients

The heavy metal can disrupt amino acid synthesis in the grain

Big size, bigger benefits

Brown rice of shorter size accumulates more arsenic

Cola and the paddy farmer

Whose water is it, anyway?