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 …

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

Soy seed crunch hits farmers in Maharashtra

Farmers sceptical of agricultural department’s strategy of using previous year’s crop as seed to meet this year’s kharif demand

Monsanto does it again

The biotech seed giant sues a farmer for planting unbranded commodity seeds bought in the open market for patent infringement

India's genome saviours

Farmers and organisations who have won government recognition this year for conserving seeds of indigenous crops and plant species

Winged wonders: We should not resent bats, because we need them

The pandemic has magnified fear of bats, but their conservation is crucial to prevent such events from arising again

Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar

They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns

'Bt cotton has improved farmers' lives'

At the same time genetically modified cotton has increased fertilizer and water usage, resulting in high input costs, says study funded by farmers'…

Monsanto told to quit India

Farmers from 20 states to present national flag made from non-Bt organic cotton to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Independence Day

Harvesting Legacy: Seed preservation and storage among the Ao and Sümi Naga

Traditional knowledge of seed preservation helps Nagaland’s native communities ensure continued sustenance

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

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

As told to Parliament (March 25, 2022): Central hub to provide quality seeds to farmers

All that was discussed in the House through the day

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

Could speed up decline of the crop in the region

Animal biodiversity loss limits plants’ ability to adapt to climate change globally: Experts

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Development projects threaten Bengal florican habitat in Assam

Bustard Specialist group experts write to Assam CM to drawn attention to the crisis

Mahua liquor is witnessing a rebrand, but legal framework protecting tribal rights across India is needed

Tribal world is intertwined with mahua but it still suffers from false colonial notions of being a lowly toxic liquor

Govt hikes Rabi crops’ MSP minimally

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

Remember the farmer?

Soy seed racket busted in Maharashtra

Regional manager suspended

CAG raps fisheries board for failed project to provide shrimp seeds to farmers

Report finds loopholes in agreement to set up seed multiplication centre

GM maize: Argentine province rejects Monsanto's EIA report

A major setback for world’s largest agro biotech

Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops

Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament