कम नहीं हुआ है बीज के अधिकार पर मंडराता खतरा

अमेरिकी कंपनी पेप्सिको और गुजरात के आलू उत्पादकों के बीच विवाद, भारत में किसानों के बीज पर स्वामित्व के अधिकारों पर मंडराते खतरों को ...

‘Doomsday Vault’ now has a million samples after fresh seed deposit

Fresh stock of 60,000 seed samples were deposited into the vault

Face it, the monsoon has been delayed this year

The possible onset of the southwest monsoon is now June 6; only after the next 48 hours will the final date for the season be announced

महुआ: सर्वहारा का वृक्ष

तीज त्योहारों से लेकर साहित्य और उत्सवों तक में अपनी महत्ता साबित कर चुका महुआ स्वास्थ्य की दृष्टि से भी पोषक तत्वों से भरपूर ...

Tree-borne oilseeds can reduce India's import dependency

If government promotes indigenous production of vegetable oils, it can create new markets while providing employment to marginalised communities

Promoting permaculture can put an end to GMO culture in India

Experts at the 13th Permaculture Convergence in Telangana reposed faith in permaculture and urged farmers to explore this as an alternative to …

Global report on challenges faced by seed sector launched

Focuses on need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their indigenous varieties  

Large-scale germination failure in soybean, Maharashtra farmers hit hard

Could speed up decline of the crop in the region

जानें क्यों जंगलों में बीज बम फेंक रहे हैं ये युवा

उत्तराखंड में 40 युवाओं का एक दल जंगलों में जगह-जगह बीज बम फेंक रहा है। इनका मकसद वन्य जीवों के साथ-साथ खेती-किसानी बचाना है।

Maharashtra bans 15 seed companies permanently

25,000 farmers await compensation from firms that supplied soy seeds with very low germination rate

जामुन की पैदावार के लिए खतरा बन सकता है यह छिद्रक कीट: शोध

भारतीय शोधकर्ताओं ने जामुन के फलों के विकास के ऐसे महत्वपूर्ण चरणों का पता लगाया है, जो अनसेल्मेला केरची नामक छिद्रक कीट के प्रकोप ...

किसान को मॉनीटर पर दिखेगा कहां नहीं गिरे हैं बीज

वैज्ञानिकों ने सीड ड्रील की नई तकनीक का इजाद किया है जिससे बुआई के दौरान किसान को पता चल जाएगा खेत के किस हिस्से ...

The wise debate

As the world debates the effectiveness of industrialised agriculture, the good-old small farmer emerges victorious

Green power

The seed of a humble tree may be a substitute for diesel and could hasten rural electrification

पेप्सिको के खिलाफ किसानों का सत्याग्रह, खेतों में उगाएंगे चिप्स वाला आलू

पेप्सिको इंडिया के द्वारा आलू की किस्म पर अपने अधिकार सुरक्षित करने के खिलाफ किसानों ने सत्याग्रह शुरू किया है, इससे पहले पेप्सिको ने ...

Govt hikes Rabi crops’ MSP minimally

Increase in MSP of wheat is the lowest in the last six years

Return of the woods

Two decades of toil have given back to Seed village in Udaipur a forest that villagers felt had been destroyed forever

Farmers split on merits of Dunkel proposals

The attack on a Bangalore seed company was reported as the start of a farmers' movement against globalisation of agriculture. Now, some …

Green innovation steals the show at SEED Awards

An Indian enterprise and 27 African ventures win prize for sustainable business models empowering communities

New leaked chapter of Asia trade deal shows RCEP will undercut farmers’ control over seeds

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership threatens to increase corporate power in member countries, leaving ordinary people with little rights

Traditional seeds need to be conserved for organic farming

At the 19th Organic World Congress, more than 55 groups have come together to call for the conservation of indigenous seeds and shunning GM crops

Farmers split on merits of Dunkel proposals

The attack on a Bangalore seed company was reported as the start of a farmers' movement against globalisation of agriculture. Now, some farmers …

Remember the farmer?

Soy seed racket busted in Maharashtra

Regional manager suspended

WHOSE SEED IS IT ANYWAY?

The rich world’s mania for patenting seeds and pushing the UPOV agenda do not aid food security or biological diversity