When the government must step in

Rajasthan seed initiative wilts

MoUs with biotech seed companies in limbo as protests force a rethink

Blessed are the meek...

...for they keep the rainforests' biodiversity high

Bt fails in China

Cottonseeds to check malnourishment?

Tamil Nadu blacklists Mahyco's Bt Cotton seeds after crop failures

The GM question

Are hybrid maize seeds being promoted to pave the way for GM maize?

Seed restoration

Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

News 360° - Briefs

New insurance lets farmers down

Unions demand individual coverage

Marking neem

Neem clones identified by Indian scientists will boost export of neem-based products

A debt-ridden state can offer little to its indebted farmers

Mourn

But it is better to take Andhra Pradesh as a challenge

Village Punukula's different

Managing yields without pesticides

Out on their own

Government delivery programmes provide little support to farmers

Cattle deaths at Bt cotton fields trigger biosafety fear

Will seeds bill make it this time?

Opposition parties say the draft is still not farmer-friendly

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

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

Haryana farmers protest open field trials of GM corn

Agricultural university in Kurukshetra is conducting trials for Monsanto

Furore over seeds

Legislation for a few

Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

Farming made unprofitable

Parched ground