Fall of golden fibre

An inefficient industry is marring prospects of jute, paving way for plastics

FDI in retail: some unanswered questions

Urban consumer may benefit, but what about marginal farmers and the environment?

Reason to cheer

Meet two pioneering grassroots leaders nominated for the Equator Initiative Awards

Losing cover

Soil erosion threatens food security and environment

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010

SC advises states to make milk adulteration a crime punishable with life imprisonment

Food Safety and Standards Act prescribes maximum six months in prison for the offence

What states stand to gain from food security law

An estimate of the population that will benefit from the food programme

Green light given

Fewer honeybees could mean less food

In short

Science & Technology - Briefs

Count the natural debt, too

Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn't help

Spreading message

Bytes

Public protests mount against Bt brinjal

Supreme Court seeks details on steps to protect indigenous varieties

Surging bird flu cases may increase human infection risk, warn UN agencies & WOAH

Urge countries to strengthen disease surveillance and improve hygiene at poultry farms

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

How rural kitchen pays

Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Alternatives to endosulfan

FAO to give suggestions on the pesticide to committee on persistent organic pollutants

Low cost, high risk

Same indifference

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?

Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers

Bhutan becomes first country to sterilise all stray dogs after 14-year-long project

New report by WHO, FAO & WOAH recommends oral rabies vaccination