lakkhan Raghuwanshi had a bad harvest last monsoon. The farmer from Shyampur village, Guna district, cultivated soyabean, wheat and chana in 121 hectare (ha), of which he sowed soyabean in 61 ha.

Sri Lanka pulls the plug on exports

Since its inception, the agro biotech industry has had a unique selling proposition transgenic crops need lesser herbicides/pesticides than conventional varieties, therefore their use can help control environmental pollution. But a new report indicates

Collapse of the former Soviet market and an indifferent attitude to quality clips Nilgiris tea industry

Bihar wetlands may be the only place in the world where makhana is grown on a commercial basis

An apathetic government, land hungry people, and fight for survival: it s the same story everywhere. Here are a few examples:

Pollutants are killing whales near Mexico

A division bench of the Gujarat high court recently directed the Gujarat State Fertilisers Company Limited (GSFC), Vadodara, to take proper steps to ensure the upkeep of the wall which seperates the

Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture

After years of killing his fields with pesticides and fertilisers, a sapota grower rediscovered cultivation without chemicals

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