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'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

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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

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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

My American Book. Embracing Science Embracing Faith  Americanchronicles.com, Dec. 17, '07

IIT Mumbai Sets Up aAQUA - An SMS Based Helpline For Farmers  ContentSutra.com, Dec. 10, '07

`Climate change has led to decline in wheat production`  ZEE News, Nov. 26, '07

India, Canada to share farm technology  Commodityonline.com, Nov. 6, '07

Zero tillage reduces water demand in farms  India eNews, Nov. 6, '07

India's Small Farmers Suffer Lack of Credit NextBillion.net, Oct. 31, '07

India readies food safety agency after pesticide concerns   AFP, Oct. 29, '07

Demands of Indian landless 'met'  BBC News, Oct. 29, '07

Space science as a development tool  The Hindu, Oct. 28, '07

Model farmer coaxes more crops from less land  The Hindu, Oct. 25, 07

From wheat to web: Children of the revolution  Nature.com, Oct. 22, '07

Agriculture woes go beyond credit: Reddy  B. Standard, oct. 18, '07

'Holy' seeds threaten to halt biotech project  IndiaeNews, Oct. 16, '07

Farmers demand MSP for cotton  B. Line, Oct. 14, '07.

Farmers' plight a matter of concern: president  IndiaeNews, Oct. 13, '07

Wheat fiasco  B. Line, Oct. 13, '07

India, China biofuels may sap water  B. Week, Oct, 11, '07

Centre approves new policy for farmers  The F. Express, Oct. 11, '07

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Pest-resistant Eggplant Under Development For South Asia Science Daily, Oct. 8, '07

Centre slammed for not formulating GM crop policy  The Statesman , Oct. 4, '07

Growing crops by following the lunar calendar  The Hindu, Oct. 4, '07.

Agri crop prices now an SMS away for farmers    The Econ. Times, Oct. 1, '07

Must pay farmers more: FM    Econ. Times, Sept. 30, '07

Lazy farmers die in greed  Indiainteracts.com, Sept. 26, '07

Modified crops a must if India to feed itself: official  UK Reuters.com, Sept. 17, '07

Can India produce enough Wheat by 2020?  Commodityonline.com, Sept. 7, '07

UPA pays dollars to US farmers, Indian kisan perishes    IBN Live, Sept. 6, '07

Rice poised to regain ancient glory in TN  The Statesman, Sept. 3, '07

Agriculture: where India and China stand  The Hindu, Sept. 3, '07

How facts die in Vidarbha’s suicide count  I. Express, Sept. 1, '07

PROMISING CROP  Jatropha Plant Gains Steam In Global Race for Biofuels  Wall Street Journal, Aug. 24, '07.

Task force for reinvigorating farm sector  The Hindu, Aug. 11, '07.

AGRICULTURE: GROWTH    A Monsoon Romance?  OutLookIndia, Aug. 13, '07.

Biotech to generate business of US$ 5 billion by 2010  Newkerala.com, July 30, '07

Crop data to help farmers across India within 6 months: Sibal Newkerala.com, July 30, '07

States yet to set up panel for GM crops  T. of India, July 30, '07.

Agri biotech among fastest growing in India: USDA  Press Trust of India, July 26, '07

Foodgrain production shows record growth  The Pioneer, July 20, '09

‘Agriculture should not be neglected’  The Statesman, June 30, '07

World Bank loan for India farmers  BBC. News, June 27, '07.

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