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Dr Vandana Shiva lends support to Indian farmers submitting a declaration to the Agriculture Ministry......

Farmer groups from across the country today came in support of agriculture ministrys move to regulate Bt cotton seed prices but also demanded a ban on all genetically modified organism (GMOs) including GM Mustard.

Farmer groups also submitted a declaration in support of the agricultural ministrys decision to regulate......

The only way to counter globalisation just a plot of land in some central place, keep it covered in grass, let there be a single tree, even a wild tree.” This is how dear friend and eminent writer Mahasweta Devi, who passed away on July 28, at the age of......

Golden rice is a false miracle. It is a disease of nutritionally empty monocultures offered as a cure for nutritional deficiency. In fact, golden rice, if successful, will be 400% less efficient in providing Vitamin A... Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, died on September 9, 2009. Alfred G. Gilman......

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While all eyes are on the little Whitefly, I think the agrarian tragedy in Punjab has a hidden culprit. Whitefly which is a common pest in Punjab, has been around the farmers fields from generations. It has been controlled using traditional wisdom of farmers and done so quite effectively by......

Addressing Greenpeace, the United Nations, and governments across the world, the letter points to how global production of food will have to double by 2050 to meet the demands of a growing global population. “Organisations opposed to modern plant breeding, with Greenpeace at their lead, have repeatedly denied these facts......

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