The desperation of farmers

Toxic metals in snails

Battle for beef

For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Persistent organic pollutants can render vaccines ineffective

THE MONEY MAKERS

Riots over food security in Burkina Faso

Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey 

ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents 

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Best way to check arsenic residues in rice

Climate change affects low-lying areas, puts poor at risk

US attempt to promote corn ethanol challenged

In Court

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Half of Indians above 45 either undernourished or overweight: Health ministry study

In Chattisgarh, every third individual in the age group was malnourished 

Health in news on May 16

Nigeria first to approve Bt cowpea, Ghana may follow

Nigeria has to import cowpea to meet demand for its most important legume

Who is cooking our recipe books?

A subtle marketing drive is changing our food habits and we do not even know it

How about some baby crocs?

The fern adds flavour, nutrition to the food of Maharashtra’s tribals

SC reserves judgement on environmental release of GM mustard

The apex court stated it will determine what is best for the nation in a “highly technical” and scientific matter  

Good news for Indian farmers

In the absence of any National Crop Insurance Cover, there is no safety net for farmers

Himachal stops tree planting on pastures in Chamba to protect traditional pastoral routes

Globally, lands sustained by pastoralism form the largest carbon sink