The GM snare

France says yes to GM trials

Supreme Court gives go-ahead to GM trials

Chemical-intensive farming good for soil?

‘No scientifically proven effects of nano liquid urea on crops’: Research pokes holes in IFFCO’s claims

IFFCO claims may lead to large-scale yield losses with serious consequences for food security and livelihood of farmers, says opinion paper

‘Largest public collection of unique plant germplasm in the world up for private takeover’

Restructuring of CGIAR ‘represents a threat to democratic and local control of food systems’, warns United Nations Special Rapporteur …

Centre launches pilot project to reduce emissions from agriculture

The project will be implemented in Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand  

No artificial flavours

British researchers have come up with a programme that tones down the use of artificial chemicals on farms heavily

'They asked me to withdraw my court case'

P PARDHA SARADHI is tenacious. This mild-mannered professor at the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Delhi (DU) has …

Fresh flowers

Safe storage

Using a little turmeric powder mixed with rice can protect the stored grain from pests

Web of protection

By devouring pests, spiders prove to be particularly useful to crops

Novel varieties

The first hybrid rice variety developed in India has taken farmers by storm

Virus mystery

It is difficult to predict the behaviour of genetically engineered crops to resist viruses

Grafting ziziphus

Smart crops

Genetically engineered crops would bloom and produce pesticides for self defence only

Clone forests

Newly developed clones of eucalyptus may help increase forest areas in Kerala

Grain gains

Herbicide resistance

Clothing the drylands

A pod protecting seeds may be all it takes to make deserts green

Cloning trees

Super-high yield

Symbiotic salvage operation

Frog helps potato

Leap over disease

Rice with a human touch

Resistant to 13 herbicides