Environment

 Weedy resistance

Genetic traits passed from crops to their weedy relatives can persist for at least six generation, and probably much longer, according to an Ohio State University, USA, study conducted with radishes.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Agricultural Research, Weeds, Environmental Science, Genetic Engineering, United States Of America (US)
India

 Untapped Potential

Lack of lagislation and certification undermines the potential of organic farming in India

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Agricultural Research, Organic Farming, Natural Fertilisers, Earthworms, Pest Control, Crop Residues, Organic Foods, Health Effects, Development, Trade, Dioxin, Education, China, India, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Global
Climate Change

 With a taste for metals

Made to order plants that eat pollutants

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Agricultural Research, Crop Biodiversity, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US), Crops
India

 Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Agricultural Research, Organic Farming, Natural Fertilisers, Earthworms, Pest Control, Crop Residues, Organic Foods, Health Effects, Development, Trade, Dioxin, Education, China, India, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Global
India

 India Organics Inc

The Indian farmer is naturally organic. But without support and premium for green crops, there is no alternative but to take the chemical route

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Agricultural Research, Organic Farming, Natural Fertilisers, Earthworms, Pest Control, Crop Residues, Organic Foods, Health Effects, Development, Trade, Dioxin, Education, China, India, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Global
Environment

 The revival of indigo

A school principal in Bihar revives the cultivation of the crop that symbolised the independence struggle

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
R V Singh
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Agricultural Research, Indigo, Public Participation, NGO, Personalities, Bihar
India

 Bitten by the betel

Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals associated with this leaf but also the families involved in its farming.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Agricultural Research, Plantation Crops, Trade, Traditional Knowledge, Flora, Governance, Bihar
India

 Weighty task

It is not easy to measure nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted from Indian farms

Publication Date: 
30/01/2001
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Agricultural Research, Rice, Wheat, Sugarcane, Ozone Layer, Environmental Science, India
India

 YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

Publication Date: 
30/01/2001
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Tags:
Agricultural Research, Seeds, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Appropriate Technology, Governance, India, Delhi, Food Security
India

 Heard at the conference

"Children in India remain

Publication Date: 
30/01/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Seeds, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Appropriate Technology, Governance, India, Delhi, Food Security

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