Anti-GM vestiges

G20 sharpens focus

Seeks broader relevance, concrete agricultural plans

The yarn of justice

Cash cropped

Transnational corporations are playing havoc with the lives of farmers

Economy no longer monsoon dependant, but farmers are

Less rain is bad news for small farmers, not the economy

Wet clothes

New method of measuring 'water footprint' shows cotton is a guzzler

Tsunami fallout

Army firing range draws tribal wrath in Nicobar Islands

South Asia

Talking agriculture

Rice at a click

Beekiller's genes

Low highs

From the blurbs

Honey, where are the bees?

At stake is the world’s food supply  

Science & Technology - Briefs

Malthus revisited

Book>> The End of Food • by Paul Roberts • Bloomsbury, Rs 450

South Asia

Budget: Thumbs down from farmers and GM industry

Say does not increase farmers’ income

Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc

Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality

Wavering

PM qualifies Bt brinjal moratorium

Genetic Engineering Approval Committee to decide moratorium period

A tale for Christmas: Here is why the Apostle Bartholomew is associated with agriculture in Goa

Bartholomew or Nathaniel is believed to have visited India in 55 AD, like his fellow Apostle, Thomas before him  

Standing crop in half a million hectares of Andhra’s rice bowl may have been affected by Michaung: Expert

This would cause losses of Rs 4,000 crore in just paddy  

Soil matters

Unhealthy soil leads to unhealthy children. India needs to improve soil micronutrients not just to increase crop productivity, but also to …

Delayed monsoon: Centre asks districts to be ready with contingency plans in case of drought-like conditions

The Union government maintained there is no need to panic yet