'An act of bio-terrorism'
In the days to come, the row over Bt cotton in Gujarat is likely to get murder. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, whose permission is
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Monopoly cotton buying to stay in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra Government announced on Tuesday it will continue the monopoly cotton procurement scheme despite mounting losses but hinted that severe financial difficulties might delay payments to
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Plea to ban GM seeds
A national alliance of organisations representing landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers has demanded that no commercial clearance of genetically engineered Bt cotton or any
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Farmer's organisations blame multinationals for Bt cotton
The national alliance of organisations representing landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers welcomed the government's decision to destroy the cotton and cotton seeds suspected
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Rs 7,503-cr plan to boost farm sector
The Working Group on Agricultural Infrastructure and marketing for the Tenth Plan (2002-07) has devised "concrete plans" for implementation during the five-year span at a proposed outlay of Rs 7,503
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Bengal land gift to women
The West Bengal government will distribute 40 per cent of its holdings (patta) of agricultural land to women to mark international women's year.
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New FAO-World Bank agricultural study to help in reducing poverty among small farmers
With international investment in agriculture at an all-time low, and more than 70 percent of the world's poor living in rural areas, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Bank
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Burning farmers' fields - I
Ten years ago, when the debate about GATT, patents and "intellectual property rights" was at its height, opponents raised a storm of fear. It was said that farmers would not be allowed to reuse their
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Breakthrough in hybrid rice
In a major breakthrough in hybrid rice seed, a farmer in the district has achieved two tones production in a trial plot, highest recorded so far, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
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New hope for tea plants from tissue culture
Indian scientists have isolated microbial strains that could double the survival of tea plantlets obtained through tissue culture technique and also promote their growth. Scientists at the G B Pant
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Hardly nutrient
The Fertiliser Association is not doing the industry's cause any good by raising the bogey of closure of some units following the Government's move to reduce retention prices. It has become customary
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'Don't politicise Bt cotton issue'
Environmentalists across the country have urged the Government not to "politicise'" the Bt cotton issue as it was a prime issue of public safety. The need for laying more emphasis on organic
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Plans on to bring Palolem under Chapoli Dam project
Minister for Sports, Sanjay Bandekar, has called upon the farmers of Palolem (Goa) and adjoining places to bring more land under cash crops as he intended to bring these places under the command area
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Govt cancels license of Bt gene seed supplier
Gujarat agriculture minister Purshottam Rupala said that the government has initiated legal action against Navbharat Seeds company for allegedly cheating cotton growers by supplying seeds of
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Voice the right farm concerns at Doha
Though a number of issues, such as the newly-introduced government procurement policies, and some earlier ones, such as the environment and competition policies, and so on, will be dragged into the
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Case for true reform in farm trade
There seems to be no respite on the agriculture front. With the international prices remaining sluggish, and the developed countries refusing to reduce subsidies under one on e pretext or the other,
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Mega feeding trial to roll with nuns
A bowl of rice is something Asia's poor and hungry will always look forward to, but scientists hope new strains of the staple food will do much more than fill empty stomachs. The International Rice
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Global plant gene treaty agreed
A new international agreement to use plantgenes to help guarantee future world food supplies was hailed by Jacques Diouf, director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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As Govt stalls Bt Cotton, farmers losing bollworm battle
There is a variety of cotton that can fight off bollworm, has no apparent side-effects and has cleared trials. It goes by the name of Bt Cotton, and the Government doesn't want it. Across the cotton
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Scientists fear invasion of "superweeds"
Scientists fear genetically modified (GM) crops, already under attack for allegedly creating "mutant" food, could also create plants that are resistant to herbicides and insects. GM herbicide-and