Structural deficiencies punctuate report on streamlining ICAR

A recent seminar in Pakistan on the topic of integrated management of fruit flies, highlighted the issues of pests destroying fruit crops and the resulting indiscriminate use of pesticides for

Organic crops contain more healthy compounds than their conventional counterparts, because they are not exposed to pesticides. Work by US-based University of California indicates that organic berries

The CSE’s recent exposé has blown the lid off the bottled water industry’s tall claims on the purity of its products. Simultaneously, it has brought to the surface a much larger problem: contamination of groundwater by pesticides

Contradictory state of affairs in two Uttaranchal villages highlights both potential and obstacles of organic farming. The paradox has cropped up despite two ongoing government run programmes in the hill state to propagate the process...

Pesticides are not the only way

Research in rice genomics could be the key to eradicating hunger through environmentally sustainable methods, says Latha Rangan

A hard look at the implications of expensive seeds and technology on farmers, especially those in the third world

The two recently published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten country effort at a complete sequencing of the rice genome

US unveils safety net for its farmers, shackling global free trade and posing a threat to environment

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