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Vandana Shiva trained as a physicist prior to dedicating her life to the protection of India's biodiversity and food security. She is the author of numerous books and the recipient of numerous awards.
    An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Kerala wake-up call on growth and development

    The world's peasants, providing 72 per cent of its food, are defined as unproductive.

    21 Aug 2018 7:44 PM

    To tackle malnutrition, the FSSAI recently recommended adoption of fortified food in government schemes. (Representational image)Opinion
    FSSAI's labelling rules promote unhealthy food

    FSSAI equates bad fats which are unfit for eating with good fats necessary for health.

    15 July 2018 6:47 PM

    Swadeshi seeds have been bred for nutrition and health, taste and quality. (Representational image)Opinion
    A victory for seed freedom'

    Seeds are, therefore, the repository of centuries of biological and cultural evolution.

    1 May 2018 9:25 PM

    The state had approved the loan waiver to the benefit of 47.88 lakh farmers last December.Opinion
    Indigenous seeds can end farmer suicides

    People are rendered redundant, disposable, useless in the very logic of the fossilised paradigm.

    21 March 2018 7:34 PM

    Vice president of Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation Dilip Sinha said that a list of around 450 plants and formulations have been approved under the framework passed in 2011 in Switzerland. (Representational image)Opinion
    Two futures of health, two paradigms of science

    The same chemical industry that brings us toxics in agriculture also controls modern medicine based on...

    8 Feb 2018 9:00 PM

    41 lakh farmers have been cleared for the scheme.Opinion
    Food sovereignty is need of the hour

    Two decades of corporate driven globalisation has destroyed the biodiversity and cultural diversity of our indigenous...

    25 Dec 2017 8:06 PM

    Swadeshi seeds have been bred for nutrition and health, taste and quality. (Representational image)Opinion
    Seeds of diversity, resilience and freedom

    Swadeshi seeds have been bred for drought tolerance, flood tolerance as well as salt tolerance.

    5 Dec 2017 6:54 PM

    Heavy rains since the start of Indias monsoon season have triggered floods and landslides in parts of the remote northeastern region.Opinion
    Our biodiversity, our life, our future

    Living systems evolve, adapt and regenerate; they are not engineered.

    6 Oct 2017 12:56 AM

    Ignoring the states that are saying they will not allow GMO mustard is a violation of the Constitution and the biosafety framework.(Representational image)Opinion
    Enough! Don't allow GMO mustard

    Ignoring the recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee of the SC is, in effect, contempt of court.

    8 Aug 2017 7:56 PM

    24 per cent higher allocation for agriculture, Rs 1 lakh crore hike in credit target.Opinion
    Food and farming: Two futures

    The slogan was that there would never again be scarcity of food because we can now make bread from air .

    11 July 2017 9:07 PM

    File picture of farmers.Opinion
    Protect farmers, don't target them

    Now farmers have started to awaken the nation to the farming crisis with strikes in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

    22 Jun 2017 9:16 PM

    GMO mustardOpinion
    Why Sarson Satyagraha is still needed

    India had bound its import duties at 300 per cent in the World Trade Organisation.

    29 May 2017 10:46 PM

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