Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

India’s rainfall patterns changing drastically, say Stanford scientists

Longer dry spells and wetter wet spells could spell doom for the Indian agriculture, they warn

Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report

The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing

New Green Revolution programme has not benefited Jharkhand farmers, says report

The programme does not address challenges that farmers face in eastern states

Ace swimmer Lewis Pugh swims seven seas to raise awareness

The initiative is to campaign for dedicated Marine Protected Areas across the world

Agroecology is the only way

Counting grains

It is not about farmers

Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers

Knowledge initiative on Agriculture bad for farmers

Relief given at last to Kerala’s endosulfan victims

Package includes committee to examine need for tribunal to provide compensation; excluded victims, kin and caregivers to benefit

Maize Mania

Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …

India must focus on rainfed farming

There was a time when it was said that the Indian budget was a gamble on the monsoons. That is not the case any more, with industrial production …

A revolution gone awry

Easy access to agro-chemicals in Sri Lanka blamed for public health scare

Empty Promises

The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this …

'Contract farming and PPP can rev agricultural economy'

Industry, experts say investments and policy changes are needed

Punjab's paddy dilemma

In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …

Saving rice

Rice is at the heart of a fierce strategy debate as the country prepares to launch the second Green Revolution in the eastern states. …