The road ahead for Bt brinjal has become rockier, with states that enjoy an almost 75% share in the country’s brinjal crop categorically refusing to grow the genetically modified variety More...

Anti-GM food campaigners have made their presence felt at a series of public consultations being held by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on the Bt brinjal issue More...

There were at least 16,196 farmer suicides in India in 2008, bringing the total since 1997 to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau More...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $9.7 million grant for farmers in India as part of a $120 million programme for agriculture uplift in endemically poor regions of the world More...

Sowing has been significantly affected for the ongoing kharif season, according to agriculture ministry data. Although monsoon rains have now covered all of the country, the meteorological department says that, as of July 1, rainfall has been 29% below normal More...

After consecutive years of poor rainfall and no help from a lethargic government, farmers in Palamu district have written to the President of India requesting permission to put an end to their “miserable” lives More...

After the rural job guarantee programme, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is now focusing on an ambitious National Food Security Act aimed at drawing more people into the food security net More...

The state package offers a complete loan waiver for debts up to Rs 20,000, a waiver of Rs 20,000 for debts above that amount if the borrower repays the excess, and adjustments for those who have repaid their loans regularly in the past More...

Food experts estimate that over 2 million tonnes of rice is being smuggled every year from India into Bangladesh. This, according to current world rice prices is worth over Rs 4,000 crore More...

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