Monsoons were favourable for the agriculture sector after two years of deficient rainfall, but policies were not.

Whether or not GE mustard harms bees, the attention it has generated for the key pollinator will benefit farmers

From a surgical strike on black money, prime minister Narendra Modi has touted demonetisation of high-value currency notes as a…

Trading in almost all of Karnataka’s commodity mandis has gone online after the state adopted pioneering root-and-branch reforms in early…

PayTM CEO should part with some of the R10 crore offered to start-ups, to promote conservation agriculture

Founder GN Srinivas Reddy believes that agriculture is not a profitable activity for most small-holder farmers because they lack entrepreneurial…

Futures and derivatives-trading are frowned upon in India for being speculative. But these instruments can make farming less of a…

Trilochan Mohapatra took over as secretary, department of agricultural research and education, and director general, Indian Council of Agricultural Research…

Far from making in India, agri-biotech companies here are being unmade

Environmentalists, traditionalists and wellness advisers seem to believe that pesticides are dispensable. They do not see them as crop protection…

An enlightened private sector company modelled on McCain—the global supplier of potato products to McDonald’s—could give the cashew economy a…

The GEAC is the body that recommends approval of GM crops for cultivation after evaluating their risks to humans, animals…

Unknown perhaps to the prime minister, Modi sardines are the rage in Mangaluru, though the fish rich in omega-3 fatty…

Dismantling cane economy will not be painless, shift crop to drip irrigation