No greenhorn

FM focuses on political environment

Farming sand

Green signal for Gorai SEZ

Plastic ponds

Salt farmers

GM cotton less profitable than non-GM variety

In court

No more GM in Kolhapur fields

Bail industry out

A plan to fortify Orissa's tanks

Villagers dispute elephant corridor

Nilgiri tribals and farmers without deeds barred from public hearing

No developed land for farmers

Maharashtra takes U turn; amends rehabilitation law

20 months of despair

Little help for people from the Bihar government since Kosi changed course

Struggle for existence

Large-scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife-human conflict in recent times

Goodness of the unpolished

The popularity of polished white rice has killed the red and black varieties that have medicinal properties. A few Tamil Nadu farmers are …

Participation or takeover?

Private companies now dictate terms in Maharashtra’s agriculture sector. Punjab follows suit

Farmer’s pod luck

A Sehore farmer finds a unique pigeon pea variety that bears pods three to four times in a row

Keeper of grains

An ecologist has been guarding seeds of more than 750 rare rice varieties for over a decade

Death on mounds of a bumper crop

As corruption hijacks procurement centres in Bundelkhand, farmers prefer suicide to a debt trap. Richard Mahapatra reports from Uttar Pradesh …

Running on empty

Indian farmers are entering the GATT era riding on the bogey of ignorance. Some see GATT as the golden opportunity that will unshackle them from …

In limbo

Will a disaster take place before strong laws are adopted to protect the world against irresponsible introduction of gmos?

The turkey buzzards

Facing resistance to the introduction of gmos in the North, business houses are waiting to take advantage of the South, including India, where …

Seeds bill doesn't matter in India's horticulture capital

sopan joshi meets farmer-tycoons oblivious of the Seeds Bill 2004, but hooked to a biotech future

The Dalit experts

Multimedia Publication >> Affirming Life and Diversity Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India 60 pages (book/report) + …

Monsoon 2022: Agriculture sector shed nearly 8 million jobs in June

Sluggish monsoon; area sown down 15%; rural employment stares at meltdown