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

the seeds of a novel programme to reduce the rice-wheat predominance in Punjab's cropping pattern have been planted. The state recently launched a multi-crop, multi-year contract farming programme.

Forests do not sequester carbon dioxide efficiently

A good society knows how to clean its rubbish. But instead of setting an example for the world through its traditional handling of human excreta, Japan is following unsustainable Western models of sewage treatment

Scientists in New Zealand have developed a low cost technology that can clean contaminated soil

Forest cover in Europe is decreasing at an alarming rate, says a new study

The green revolution has boosted agricultural production and transformed semi arid land, but its long term effects on soil quality in India have been ignored

The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a non-governmental organisation providing agricultural scientists a forum to Interact on important agricultural issues, released a policy paper

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