How will India’s wheat export U-turn affect the world?

This ban could drive global wheat prices sky high and affect poorer countries of Asia and Africa

Ways to weed parthenium out

Parthenium, a notorious weed, first sneaked into the country along with wheat grains imported from the us in the early 1950s. It has become a …

Scientists discover new drought-resilient wheat gene, suitable for drier soil conditions

The next step for will be to test how this gene works in diverse agronomic environments from the UK to Australia  

Wheat Crisis: Government procurement goals not met, food security risk increases

Wheat is being purchased at a higher rate than the MSP despite the export ban

Simply Put: The nutrition question

Why is north India suffering from a fodder crisis

The rise in wheat straw prices is a combined consequence of an unrelenting summer, water shortage as well as better prices for other crops like …

India’s wheat ban knee-jerk reaction; could prove costly for farmers

The full impact of the wheat ban on farmers will be known only in the next few days, say experts

Monsanto loses wheat patent

Rounded up

Monsanto folds up its GM wheat, for the time being

Why is it special

Crucial wheat genes identified

Survival instinct

A fungus breeds sexually to infect resistant wheat crops  

North India faces an acute fodder shortage, courtesy wheat crisis, climate change

Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year

What 3,000-year-old Egyptian wheat tells us about the genetics of our daily bread

Researchers sequenced the genome of a 3,000-year-old sample of Egyptian emmer wheat; Comparisons with modern samples suggest a story of how the …

Bush sells wheat

Super harvest

New wheat variety

Ozone stress

Wheat yield in danger

India bans wheat export

The Centre has banned export of all types of wheat from the country with immediate effect 

Struck by higher costs, Punjab farmers wait to burn stubble; fire incidences likely to flare up

At least 5,772 incidents of stubble fire have been registered in Punjab till October 22 alone

Government sees record food grains output in 2016-17; doubts over claims remain

Despite importing wheat and pulses, government claims production of these grains will surpass previous record

From the blurbs

Brown revolution

Farm pacts

Wheat wave

Hardy wheat

Egypt's first GM crop