Beating the heat

Import Ban

Peru's war on 'biopiracy'

Farmers in Peru irate over US patents on 'natural viagra'

Checking a menace

A virus is being used to destroypests that damage the chickpea crop

Food for thought

Acrylamide for snacks

Starch-rich foodstuff can become carcinogenic when exposed to high temperatures

Women grow food basket

Maharashtra district revives an old farm practice and tackles drought

Instant rice

A rice variety saves fuel, holds hope for Orissa

In custody

E-choupal in legal thresher

On second thought

"Upstart" tomatoes for stiff upper-lips

Growing on less water

Fungal menace

The adverse effects of fungal toxins

Rabi sowing update: Wheat gains momentum, pulses continue to lag 

Increase in area under pulses important for bringing down food inflation; Rabi paddy acreage reduced over the years

Water crisis

Maharashtra approves field trials of GM food crops

Only GM cotton is grown in fields in India as of now

Crops losing protein

Fast foods

No more GM in Kolhapur fields

For the sake of caution

A decision to refuse clearance to GMOs should be based on good science and policy

Earth links

Foodwise

Farmers in Maharashtra revive 120 varieties of local crops

Fortified protection

Food security for livestock

Focus must shift from supercows to cattlefeed  

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