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Mercury Pollution a Severe Risk without Proper Regulation
<p>Elemental mercury is primarily consumed through the air as vapour. Inhalation could lead to headaches, cough, chest pain, tightening of chest and difficulty in breathing, with the acute effect suff...
Sinkholes, a fascinating feature of Earth Karst Topography
<p>In India karst topography is present in the Vindhya region (mainly southwestern Bihar), the Himalayas (parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Robert Cave, Sahasradhara, the eastern Himalayas, areas near Dehradu...
Coral Bleaching and Clive Wilkinson Report
<p>Corals can survive without the algae for short periods and revert back to original health with the re-entrance of the algae once the sea conditions return to normal, but if the stress factors stay...
Organic Cultivation- A Boon for Small Farmers
<p>India and China have about 40 centuries of organic farming as legacy, and statistical data shows that presently organic farming is carried out in 154 countries, with an ever-growing area of land un...
Changing farmers' income and agrarian distress
A strong trend towards agricultural diversification from food to commercial crops and from enterprise to allied activities is emerging. This shift is driven by both, state policies and the domestic ma...
Agri-food System Transformation and farmers
Tracing changes with new start-ups in the production and retail segments of the value chain, the article analyses diffusion and impacts of organised retailing on farming community and outlines policy...
Perishable Agricultural Market Reforms: Policy and Issues
The Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) has been criticised for its redundancies regarding buyers’ and sellers’ transactions. However, this is due to options available now for direct sale and...
Mutation Breeding for Crop Improvement
Crop improvement programmes through induced mutations were initiated nine decades ago. Nearly 3250 mutant varieties belonging to about 175 plant species have been developed and released. India has mad...
Genetically Modified Technology
Even if YOU ignore ‘GM’ it will NOT ignore YOU! There are only two traits in 98 per cent of GM foods—production of a pesticide in every cell of the plant or the ability to withstand weed killing herb...