How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso
Many GM crops in Africa are not the domain of big agri-business companies. This doesn’t mean vested interests won’t still shape …
Spinning industry seeks government help
Industry association recently published advertisements in newspapers, seeking govt attention
Improving water security in Maharashtra’s cotton-growing villages
Cotton is an important fibre crop in Maharashtra, with more than four million farmers engaged in cotton farming
Buttermilk-based bioformulation helps in cotton disease control
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University researchers found that a plant growth promoting rhizo bacteria can be used to fight Tobacco Streak Virus in cotton
Committee confirms use of illegal cotton seeds
Last year, herbicide tolerant cotton was blamed for the deaths of farmers due to inhalation in Vidharbha region
Revoking Monsanto's GM cotton patent is of little help to farmers let down by the technology
Designed to resist the bollworm pest, Monsanto's Bollgard II is seen as useless as the pink bollworm ravages cotton fields across the country
Wrong to say Bt cotton successful in India: Environmental activists
The GM crop traditionally modified to repel pests has instead induced new pests that can greatly disrupt the ecological balance
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 …
Does India really need GM Mustard?
Botanists say that pests and insects may grow resistant to the transgenic crop after a decade or so, triggering the need for newer versions of …
How the planet pays for fashion
The production of a kilogram of cotton takes up around 10,000 litre to 20,000 litre of water
Neem chemical can disable cotton pest in multiple ways: Study
Research on cotton bollworm reveals that the phytotoxin acts in multiple ways to suppress growth of the pest
Dhuri: A Delhi-based fashion brand that makes clothes out of milk
In a world where pollution caused by textiles is a major threat, a brand specialising in eco-friendly fabrics claims it can be a better option …
Monsanto's troublesome trait
Bayer is battling seed companies and farmers in several countries over royalty on Monsanto's GM seeds
How turmeric became tribal south Rajasthan’s ‘saviour spice’
The success of organic turmeric cultivation in Dungarpur proves that it isn't necessary to look towards global crops like BT cotton as saviours
Early sowing can increase cotton yield: study
It was found, through simulations, that early sowing (mid May) always yielded better cotton production as compared to late sowing (June)
Unfair fields: Asymmetric WTO rules let US inflate cotton subsidies must be reformed
Cottton farmers in India and other Global South countries, like the Afican C-4 of benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, at peril …
Researchers develop super-hydrophobic cotton for oil-spill cleanup
Both heavy and light oils can be effectively absorbed by a super-hydrophobic Cotton, developed by IIT-Guwahati, which is easy to prepare, cost-…
I know the havoc that genetically modified crops can wreak
Indians are killing the future of the coming generations by welcoming GMOs in Indian food and environment
Moving beyond organics: Understanding the place and space of brown cotton
We need to broaden our search beyond organics to understand other cotton options that are eco-friendly, if cotton is to retain a place as a …
A vicious nexus
To ensure that inconvenient research is besmirched and killed, industries are invariably attacking the science and researchers
Climate change has transformed pearl millet cultivation zones in India
East Rajasthan, Haryana now India’s core pearl millet production area; farmers in Gujarat shifting from pearl millet to cotton, castor
Ahead of SC hearing on GM mustard, activists accuse Centre of misleading apex court
Supreme Court did not get the opportunity to hear the parties in 2016 and 2017 because of repeated undertakings made by the Centre, saying …
‘Humans are closer to setting up base on Moon’
Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya, an astrobiologist, talks about the future of China’s experiment that resulted in a seed sprouting on the lunar surface
GE cotton: Three states refuse NOC for field trials
GEAC demands Telangana, Gujarat state reasons for declining, will take decision if Maharashtra doesn't reply on time
Farm to Facebook: India’s catch-up evolution in techno-policy landscape
India needs to work out problems in old policies and develop new ones that ensure a rapid tectonic shift in India’s technological future