Transgenic crops lose ground

How fields of different GM crops are spaced may be crucial to their survival,

Aye, says India to GM food

Draft rules for GM food are nothing short of treachery by the Union government

Modified?

GM regulators consult NGOs, seed companies on biosafety

Seeds for Iife

Scientists and NGOs find common ground in ensuring that farmers possess the divers they can use and conserve

Pest warning

Climate change is influencing migratory patterns and evolution in pests, threatening our food basket

Why potato's cousins remain neglected

Tubers come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and pack quite a punch

Furore over GMOs

Prince Charles' organic passion!

Organic farming gets royal patronage in England

GM Crops put on hold

Rice for dry areas

Drought-tolerant genes mapped in Indian variety

Seed of a dispute

Monsanto on strong wicket

Not ready for Roundup Ready

Notwithstanding the resounding failure of its Bt cotton, Monsanto has begun to introduce another genetically modified crop into India, its …

Weed menace

Careless dumping of genetically modified canola plants triggers an outcry in South Australia

Book review: Seeds of Contention

The good thing about this book is that it makes a clear attempt to scale down the shrill rhetoric of the gm debate. The sharp language and …

Debating GM crops: Let sound science, and so good sense, inform it

The Paris-based International Council for Science, a federation of more than 100 national science academies, has come out with the biggest review …

Crop burning: Why are Punjab farmers defying government ban

Farmers struggle to decompose paddy straw in absence of adequate machines

Moneymakers

Altered to kill

Eaten out of

Crop insurance scheme hits premium hurdle

Farmers may not benefit from the new scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, in the current season, as states are reluctant to implement it. …

Cotton-eating monsters lay low the farmers

Cotton farmers in northwest India were taken by surprise when, despite a pesticide blitzkrieg, the American bollworm devastated half their crops. …

In a sudden u-turn, Madhya Pradesh refuses to include three Rabi crops under Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana

The decision comes after Centre refused to contribute 50 per cent towards Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana

Transgenic cotton trials

Pest control

Golden cure