probing the cotton crop failure in north Tamil Nadu during the last crop season, the central team has laid the blame on intensified production technologies that multiplied the pest problems in

Clive James, president of the Inter

Authorities speak in different voices over the fate of genetically modified crops

Global warming would decrease crop production in developing countries but increase it in the industrialised world

A Rs 2-million project to develop an

Despite the absence of commercial approval for genetically engineered Bt cotton in any Asian country outside China, it is spreading fast.

The Union government and the Gujarat government are at loggerheads over the damage control exercises to deal with the illegal cultivation of transgenic Bt cotton in the fields of Gujarat. The Union

A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?

Many species of pre

The Union government goes for another field trial of Bt cotton, and another round of confusion

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