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Why Are Milk Prices So High?
Why Are Milk Prices So High?
Rediff.com29 Mar 2023

It would not be surprising if India, the world's largest producer of milk, has to...

How quinoa became the world's fave superfood
How quinoa became the world's fave superfood
Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Quinoa is said to play a role in the treatment of as many as 20-odd ailments, including...

Why nutri-cereals are good for you
Why nutri-cereals are good for you
Rediff.com18 May 2018

Cereals like millets can help alleviate malnutrition and improve public health, reports...

Giving women in farming and fisheries their due
Giving women in farming and fisheries their due
Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

Women's share of work in these industries is over 50 per cent, yet they are paid much...

Heard the buzz about stingless bees?
Heard the buzz about stingless bees?
Rediff.com26 Sep 2017

It is a grossly underexplored but highly lucrative branch of beekeeping for India.

The trouble with agricultural start-ups
The trouble with agricultural start-ups
Rediff.com16 Aug 2017

Agri-enterprises are finding it hard to expand due to lack of commercial guidance.

Cracking India's coconut puzzle
Cracking India's coconut puzzle
Rediff.com24 Jul 2017

Value addition is one of the chief requirements for coconut to become a commercially...

Should India stop growing sugarcane?
Rediff.com20 Apr 2017

Although the crop devours water, it remains important for India, reports Surinder Sud.

When will you speak on GM crops, Mr Modi?
Rediff.com24 Feb 2015

The future of the GM tech in India is still uncertain.

How India can reap the benefits of nanotech
Rediff.com22 Jul 2014

Nanotechnology has remarkable applications in a variety of spheres, including...

COLUMN: Why there's a twist in the GM tale
Rediff.com4 Jun 2013

Anti-GM voices have inadvertently spurred farm scientists to support the use of gene...

All about greenhouse miracles
Rediff.com20 Nov 2012

India's first exposure to truly hi-tech protected farming of vegetables and other...

Courage and conviction defined Kurien
Rediff.com10 Sep 2012

Dr Kurien's conviction was reflected in his faith that even rural enterprises, dealing...

The truth behind GM crops
Rediff.com31 May 2011

It is unfortunate that a section of politicians holding policy-making positions are...

Climate-resilient farming now underway
Rediff.com8 Feb 2011

That climate change will impact Indian agriculture is a foregone conclusion. In what...

Food grains: Danger signals crop up
Rediff.com5 Oct 2010

This year's kharif output may be higher than last year but it will be short of 2007 or...

Deadly mishaps loom over India's farm sector
Rediff.com7 Sep 2010

Why can't India design ergonomic farm equipment? asks Surinder Sud

Met experts want to go beyond rain for drought
Rediff.com21 Jun 2010

Paucity of monsoon rainfall alone is not a sufficient determinant of drought, maintains...

Can you trust the IMD's weather forecast?
Rediff.com6 May 2010

Given IMD's past record on forecasts, the latest one could also go wrong.

Farming: Maharashtra shows the way in pest control
Rediff.com4 May 2010

NCIPM's awareness-cum-surveillance project helped reduce the pest-infected area in...