Raising the stakes

Farmers cannot escape the impact of global trade regimes. The lack of a safety net makes it worse

Fruit from Jambudweep

Jamrul, they say, gave India its ancient name of Jambudweep. The fruit was easily available till a few decades ago, but is now a rarity

Meet the woman who preserves over 90 endangered varieties of grains, pulses and oilseeds

Lakshmiamma from Zaheerabad district of Telangana can name each of the 92 varieties she has grown on two acres of land and can also elaborate how …

Speciality rice varieties of Kerala are storehouse of nutrition: study

Rice can be a vital source of nutrition if some of the nutritious varieties of rice traditionally grown can be popularised

Honey traders oppose GM mustard, to observe day-long protest on Sep 28

The beekeepers across India pointed out the adverse impact that GM cotton had on bees when it was introduced in 2002

Avartanasheel Kheti: Bundelkhand Diaries

A farmer in Uttar Pradesh's drought-prone Bundelkhand region demonstrates the benefits of mixed cropping

Genetically engineered foods safe for health, environment: Study

The report recommended that new crop varieties should be regulated on a plant’s characteristics rather than the process by which it was …

Coconuts: Goa's trees or grass?

Goa government's decision to derecognise coconut palm as a tree has left the state's trademark tree at the mercy of developers

EU votes down countries’ proposal to opt out of GM imports

Half of the European Union’s 28 countries had decided to go against the cultivation of genetically modified crops

Monsanto, BJP and Genetically Modified MPs

The BJP has declined participation in a Monsanto organised study tour. But such veiled lobbying could become stock-in-trade of transgenic majors …

Air is foul, where foul is fair

The forest fires and the consequent choking smog over Southeast Asia have proven over the last two months that the economic and industrial …

Return of the blight?

A new aggressive strain ofpotato blight has started spreading in Europe and threatens crops across the world

Tracking locust attack: In Rajasthan’s Dholpur, pest keeps villagers on toes

Damage to crops less as villages not heavily cultivated, according to preliminary estimates

Government push to coarse cereals as climate change affects wheat, paddy cultivation

Procurement target for coarse cereals doubled from Kharif crop market; more coarse grains likely in rations 

Lost in plantation

Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …

Kerala floods: Death toll touches 370

The IMD says the rainfall density is expected to reduce majorly in the next 2-3 days

Moneymakers

In Himachal Pradesh, Hindus and Buddhists organise religious ceremonies for rain & snow

With the 3-month-long dry spell continuing in the state, people say they have been left with few alternatives

Expect a wet weekend

Rains brought on by an upper air pattern may cause widespread damage to crops in many states

A fine threat

Nanoparticles in soil get absorbed by crops, can enter food chain

High-yield Heera

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