Gene against germination

Does India really need GM Mustard?

Botanists say that pests and insects may grow resistant to the transgenic crop after a decade or so, triggering the need for newer versions of …

Have scientists stumbled upon the brain of a plant?

Scientists have shown how a 'decision making centre' of a plant that assesses environmental conditions and determine when seeds will germinate

Ungreening the revolution

A programme initiated with much drum-beating, the green revolution has not just backfired but even eroded traditional systems of farming. Farmers …

Dissent on Seeds Bill

Kerala and Bihar want amendments

Seeds from the past

For a decade, 200 villages in Odisha have conserved and grown 190 indigenous rice and millet varieties with proven climate resilience

Seeds of solace

Jharkhand’s Pahariya tribe aims to achieve seed independence by depositing native varieties in community-led banks

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Seeds of justice in Bihar

Promoting climate resilient seeds for stable yields: Swati Nayak, recipient of food security award, shares experience

‘Currently, we are focusing on multi-stress tolerant rice varieties designed to withstand multiple stresses of drought, flood, salinity, …

Jamun: A healthy way to welcome the monsoon rains

The jamun fruit has a host of therapeutic properties and the best time to eat it is during the monsoon, when the tree is fruiting

The seed banker: This Nuapatna farmer strives to save traditional paddy varieties

Bijaya Jhankar grows nine traditional varieties of paddy that have a longer harvest duration of 130-150 days

Programmed to kill

Farmers of the world are under attack. A new technology threatens to make them totally dependent on multinational corporations

Suicidal growth

The debate over 'terminator technology' takes a new turn with the discovery of 36 sterility patent claims by public and private institutes the …

There are ample facts to support biotechnology

CLIVE JAMES, chairperson, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications gives T V JAYAN and CLIFFORD POLYCARP his …

Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Seeds of monopoly

A US firm's patent application on soyabean seeds harves fear rivals

Patent jugglery

Alternative bill

High and low

Grain gains

Seeds of discontent

Monsanto's experiments on "Bollard" cotton come underfire in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

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