The recent one-day strike by the fishermen community in some coastal states and the demonstration staged near the Parliament House…

The Supreme Court has clarified that land-losers can challenge the compensation awarded by a collector within six months of “coming…

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) will probe an allegation that research on genetically modified brinjal initiated five years ago in…

The UPA government is ready to launch its promised flagship scheme to streamline the delivery of programmes for women on…

Faceless farmers who, by dint of hard work and enterprise, fought against odds to make a difference were recognised at…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is supporting a new anti-child marriage movement in the eastern Indian state of West…

An over-dependence on genetically modified organisms to boost agricultural production eclipses other biotechnologies and their potential to benefit poor farmers…

The agricultural growth package mooted in the Union Budget for 2010-11 seems well conceived but not adequately supported by funding…

The government has readied the draft of its promised Food Security Act but the bare provisions appear to fall short…

This is a budget crafted for, and perhaps by, the corporate farmer and agribusiness. The real heroes of India’s success…

Demanding attention to farmers, agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan on Tuesday said increasing income per hectare was as much of a…

Ten journalists have been selected to spend time with rural communities, understand their anxieties and specialise in covering the country’s…

It is surprising to see senior ministers of the government getting drawn into a bout of shadow-boxing over genetically-modified (GM)…

* Main aim is to create asingle-window clearing-house for GM foods/crops * Planned regulatory authority to have overarching powers over…

IMAGINE THE lowly brinjal you have always known turning into a sci-fi gizmo — with an uncharted potency for good…