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India's farm exports to cross Rs 1,00,000 cr in 5 yrs: APEDA, Sep. 21, 09, Business Standard

A look at honors bestowed on Norman Borlaug, Sep 13, 09, Jacksonsun.com

India's farmers struggle without crucial monsoon rains, Aug 25, 09, The Christian Science Monitor

The rapidly growing, stable markets of southern India, LiveMint..com, Sep. 07, 09

Space shortage troubles farmers in Kerala, LiveMint.com, LiveMint.com, Sep. 07, 09

Idea, Reuters tie-up for information service for farmers, LiveMint.com, Sep. 09, 09

Drought Puts Focus on a Side of India Left Out of Progress, The New York Times, Sep. 04, 09

ICT-based farm initiative bags award, BusinessLine, Aug. 28, 09

Arvind Singhal: India's agriculture challenge, Business Standard, Aug. 27, 09

YSR: India loses a real agri-commodities leader, Sep. 04, 09
 

Agri export to double in 5 yrs: Apeda  IBEF News, Aug. 19. ‘09

Drought and crisis management  The Hindu, Aug. 18, ‘09 India may import sugar third year in a row LiveMint.com, Aug. 17, ‘09 Drought management for rural livelihood security The Hindu, Aug. 16, ‘09

Science versus drought  LiveMint.com, Aug. 16, ‘09 Adani Agri Logistics gets going with silo project  B. Line, Aug. 14, ‘09 President alerts nation of poor monsoon  B. Line, Aug. 14, ‘09 Direct subsidy to farmers gets mixed response  B. Line, Aug. 14, ‘09 Ministerial panel to monitor drought  B. Line, Aug. 14, ‘09

Food security to become more critical as India gets richer'  The Economic Times, Aug 12, 2009 

‘Coming decade a period of innovations’  Sakaal Times, August 14, ‘09 

Monsanto, a Contemporary East India Company, and Corporate ...  Dissident Voice.org, July 25, ‘09 

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Centre bans rice, wheat export Deccan Herald, 25 July, ‘09

State of agriculture a matter of grave concern, says Ansari T. of India, July 19, ’09. 
 
Laser machine to help level land for farmers  ZEE News, July 15, ‘09 
 
Scientists find nut allergy children ‘cure’  ZEE News, July 15, ‘09 
 

Eclipse fever in India village BBC News, July 15, ‘09 

Farmer in Chief   NY Times, Oct. 9, '08

CSREES International Science and Education Awards Advance the US ...  CSREES, Oct. 20, '08

GMO: A Technology of Agri-business  TheMolokaiDipatch, Oct. 10, '08

Heat from meat  The Tribune, Oct., 10, '08

Charles: 'I blame GM crops for farmers' suicides'  The Independent, Oct. 5, '08

India may lose up to 17% of its farming income: Study  ZEE News, Aug. 19, '08

How research in agriculture has helped India to develop  IPP Media, Aug. 19, '08

Comment: Why Prince Charles is right – and wrong   New Scientist, Aug. 13, '08

The realities of food crops are more tangled than the Prince suggested  BBC News, Aug.13, '08

Money for crop research just a drop in the bucket  USA Today, July 30, '08

Rural India boosts FMCG firms` sales  B. Standard, July 30, '08

Water-stingy Agriculture Reduces Arsenic In Rice Markedly  Science Daily, July 28, '08

Agri-education faces fund shortage  F. Express, July 21, '08

South Asia Faces Food Crisis Despite India's High Productivity  NewsBlaze.com, June 1, '08

G8 Leaders to Consider Biotech Crops to Reduce Hunger  Truthabouttrade.org., July 4, '08

Gaping holes in regulation of GM crops  B. Standard, July 5, '08

BIO Applauds U.S. Adoption For GE Corn, Cotton, Soybeans  MedicalNewstoday.com, July 4, '08

Fertiliser shortage hits India's farms  BBC News, June 26, '08

Project to dissect cocoa genome, protect crop  ZEE News, June 26, '08

Farmers get firsthand weather info  The F. Express, June 5, '08

India to set up 550 more weather stations to help farmers  S. India, May 19, '08

Oxford launches research centre in memory of Indian professor  The Hindu, May 31, '08

GENETICS DECODE  The Tribune, May 21, '08

Rice Grown In United States Contains Less-dangerous Form Of Arsenic  Science Daily, May 19, '08

DNA damage 'caused by pesticides'  BBC News, May 19, '08

Despite 6.2 percent growth, India's agro industry lags behind   S. India, May 19, '08

Balancing modern education with traditional values  Burlington Free press.com, May 18, '08

World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut  NY Times, May 18, '08

'100 million people in India are malnourished'  Rediff.com, May 8, '08

Neglect of agriculture led to food crisis: UN  E. Times, May 7, '08

The Threat of Global Food Shortages – Part I  Yale Global, May 5, '08

The Threat of Global Food Shortages – Part II   Yale Global, May 5, '08

Bitter Harvest  T. of India, April 20, '08

India Expects Normal Monsoon Rains, Boosting Rice, Wheat Output  Bloomberg.com, April 17, '08

India's Rains to Sustain Wheat, Rice, Easing Shortage (Update2)Bloomberg.com, April 17, '08

India's Inflation Near Three-Year High on Food Prices (Update4)  Bloomberg.com, April17, '08

GM crops can save us from food shortages   Telegraph.co.uk, April 17, '08

20 farm suicides in three days in Vidarbha   S. India, April 14, '08

Farmers conclude 4,000-km march against GM seeds  IndiaeNews, April 12, '08  

Online examination in Agricultural University  Yahoo!News India.com, April 8, '08

A Minute with Madhu Khanna  uiuc.edu, April, '08

Science panel tips for soil-less garden  The Telegraph, March 30, '08

India headed for food shortages?  T. India, March 31, '08

Shiromani Akali Dal ( Amritsar ) Memorandum to Ag Union Minister   The Panthic Weekly, March 27, '08

Farms or factories?  InfoChangeIndia, March 2008

Moneylenders only hope for India's poor farmers   Silicon.com, march 20, '08

Indian maize export set to cross 1.5 MT  Commodity Online, March 18, '08

KisanCard holders to get loan waiver benefit    Commodity Online, March 18, '08

Mangalore to observe cashew field day   Commodity Online, March 18, '08

Gujarat tops in cotton output in India  S. India, March 12, '08

Prospering India, But For Whom?  Mainstream, March 10, '08

India cancels small farmers' debt  BBC News, Feb. 29, '08

Indian budget focuses on farms, gears up for vote  The Guardian, March 29, '08

Infosys to develop IT-enabled application for agriculture  Indiaenews.com, Feb. 27, '08

Scientific methods to increase Malda mango yield  B. Line, Feb. 23, '08

Bollworm may be developing resistance to Bt cotton  B. Line, Feb. 21, '08

Rice to be sheet anchor of country: Swaminathan  B. Standard, Feb. 22, '08

Rs 2000 cr for Rs two-a-kg rice scheme from Ugadi  UNI News, Feb. 16, '08

India: Ladakh -- Farmers demand higher price for farm products  Fresh Plaza, Feb. 13, '08

Doing Well by Doing Good?  Wall Street Journal, Feb. 12, '08.

Govt. policies to blame for fall in farm growth: Swaminathan  The Hindu, Feb. 8, '08

Continuing success of precision farming in Tamil Nadu  The Hindu, Jan. 30, '08.

Meet Tech-Savvy Indian Farmers!  efytimes.com, Jan. 28, '08

How GM Crops Endanger Environment and Agriculture  Mainstream Weekly, Jan. 26, '08

@ Digital Summit: Governments Kiosk Project; Does An Indian Farmer Need Facebook?  Contents Sutra, Jan. 10, '08

Global conference on crop protection begins  CommodityOnline, Jan. 8, '08.

India's Next Obstacle: Short-Term Thinking  Forbes.com, Jan. 3, '08

India needs special agricultural zones: Swaminathan  Hindustan Times,  Jan. 4, '08