Robert Zeigler, director general of the Manila, Phillipines based, International Rice Research Institution IRRI talks to Sourav Mishra about the challenges that agricultural scientists face today

Because Gujarat will quench its thirst with canals. And there will be no floods

This issue of Down To Earth examines a crisis forest rich states in India find themselves in: conserving forests is a burden states are no longer able or willing to afford. This has happened