GM fields

Study points to quality issues in Bt cotton seeds

The study has found seed companies violating norms on the mixture of refuge seeds and Bt cotton seeds provided to farmers

Suicide by pesticide

After the failure of the cotton crop, a large numbers of farmers in Andhra Pradesh are committing suicide by consuming the very pesticide that is …

Divided colours of cotton

The Union government goes for another field trial of Bt cotton, and another round of confusion

Farmers shun cotton

Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses

Made for India

Addition of newly-found gene could help Indian Bt cotton varieties withstand pest attacks

Making of a nightmare

Pakistan faces trying times ahead, as insecticide resistant cotton pests threaten to devastate the country's fledgling economy

Field report

Bt cotton farmers in Karnataka are an insecure and confused lot, and neither the government, nor Mahyco or the anti-Mahyco groups are any help at all

Biased bill

Organic cotton

Duping pests

Pesticides are not the only way

Trial after error

The Supreme Court's decision to resend Monsanto's Bt cotton case to the trial court will ensure judicial scrutiny of all aspects of the patent …

Bangladesh adopts climate-resilient cotton farming to fix trade deficit

One of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, Bangladesh is examining climate resilient ways to boost domestic cotton …

Bt for Better Times?

Good weather, illegal Bt seeds raise Punjab's sagging cotton yields

India's farmers don't like GM crops

National level meeting of farmer bodies rails about Bt cotton

Maharashtra CM for Art of Living to check Vidarbha suicides

Vidarbha compensation package inadequate

Price support, not loans, can save Vidarbha farmers

Punjab takes precautions for mealy bug attack

Modified to work

Salinity of black cotton soils can now be measured easily

Dyeing cotton fabrics is an ancient Indian art

Indian textiles formed an important item in the trade network, the major thrust being on cotton fabrics in vibrant kalamkari patterns. Mastery …

Farmers in tech trap

Cotton cultivators are on a seed and pesticide treadmill that is draining them of traditional skills  

Government rolls back ban on cotton exports

Commerce ministry had imposed ban on March 5 saying 9.4 million bales have already been shipped out of the country as against estimated exports …

Regressive move

Pestilential high tech

Western Vidarbha reduces use of synthetic fertilisers

No corresponding drop in agricultural production