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

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