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Making sunlight liquid – a brief history of sunflowers

If we continue to adapt sunflowers to our needs as climates change, we must ensure diverse genes are conserved for future generations 

An Old tree and some wise men

Unsustainable practices seem to be a suicidal trait in the fashionable development concepts of today

Which forests can be felled for oil palm plantations?

Palm oil companies undertake their own study to decide the magic carbon threshold number

Wheat, palmolein, arhar: As the Centre takes anti-inflationary steps, what about the farmer, DTE asks experts

The entire burden of inflation is still borne by India’s farmers; this needs redress, say experts

The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India

In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …

How India can be ‘atmanirbhar’ for edible oil production

In 2019, India imported around 15 million tons of edible oils worth approximately Rs 7,300 crore

Oil's not well

The mustard oil industry is in severe crisis. vibha varshney finds out why

Mystery disease hits Bastar's fishtail palm

A date with the palm

Savvy Soumya Misra spends a day with Mahoba’s palm collectors to find out why a card touches a raw chord amongst them

Lucrative rabi: Mustard farmers may reap good prices despite bumper output

Higher MSP, dearer imports expected to keep rates firm for local oilseeds    

Scientists say palm trees can predict climate change

Is biofuel use fit for both air and land?

While ICAO has proposed that biofuel use in passenger planes be increased rapidly to cut carbon emissions, environmentalists disagree

‘Raising palm oil prices can help to conserve Sumatran tigers’

Conversion of many tropical forests to oil palm plantations has destroyed a huge number of plant and animal species

World’s leading financial institutions continue to bankroll deforestation

Most of them have failed to manage and mitigate environmental, social and governance risks

Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia come together to save Borneo forests

Kerala coconut industry gets a breather

FAO report blames developing nations for deforestation

Report accuses India-born businessman of unchecked land grabbing across continents

Sivasankaran’s land grabbing spree has threatened millions of livelihoods, says report

Baked but no trans fats

ASEAN nations adopt transboundary haze monitoring system

System would keep an eye on fire-emitting hot spots across the region to curb emissions

EU takes note of negative impacts of biofuel, plans policy change

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Biofuel project in Indonesia faces flak

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