A farewell to farms
Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?
Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials
Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime
The GM maize rats
Findings of the Seralini lab on effect of Monsanto’s GM maize on rats set off a global furore
A people’s festival to protest CBD conference
Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests
Biotech industry has a new patron
Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture
"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.
Ladakh on the move
Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …
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In Brief
World Water Week 2023: We must invest in natural solutions like spring revival for water security
Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities
Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report
The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission
Indefinite moratorium on GM field trials recommended
Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists for ban on herbicide tolerant crops for India
Indefinite ban on GM field trials recommended
Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists also against herbicide-tolerant crops for India
With a taste for metals
Made to order plants that eat pollutants
Kerala says no to GM crop
News 360° - Briefs
Into the ginger trap
Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution
Pro-GM farmers stage protest near Parliament
Farmers' organisations demand rejection of technical experts committee report recommending indefinite ban on field trials of GM crops
Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar
They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns
Billowing Rage
The Sukruli cauldron threatens to boil over if the Orissa government does not act against the smoke-spewing sponge iron plant in the area.
India softens its stand on endosulfan
Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial
Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide
Scientists’ panel to add new member for report on GM field trials
Weeks after expert committee recommended moratorium Supreme Court agrees to agriculture ministry's request to add new member to panel
Global food crisis: causes and implications for India
Is there a global crisis unravelling? World food reserves are at their lowest in 25 years and the prices of most food crops are at a record high. …
Rise in biofuel demand could trigger food, water crisis