It would not be surprising if India, the world's largest producer of milk, has to resort to imports to meet the elevated summer demand, states Surinder Sud.
Quinoa is said to play a role in the treatment of as many as 20-odd ailments, including liver problems, angina, notes Surinder Sud.
Cereals like millets can help alleviate malnutrition and improve public health, reports Surinder Sud.
Women's share of work in these industries is over 50 per cent, yet they are paid much less than their male counterparts.
It is a grossly underexplored but highly lucrative branch of beekeeping for India.
Agri-enterprises are finding it hard to expand due to lack of commercial guidance.
Value addition is one of the chief requirements for coconut to become a commercially lucrative crop. Surinder Sud reports.
Although the crop devours water, it remains important for India, reports Surinder Sud.
The future of the GM tech in India is still uncertain.
Nanotechnology has remarkable applications in a variety of spheres, including agriculture, animal husbandry and natural resources management.
Anti-GM voices have inadvertently spurred farm scientists to support the use of gene manipulation for producing stress-resistant crops.
India's first exposure to truly hi-tech protected farming of vegetables and other high-value horticultural produce came through the Indo-Israel project on greenhouse cultivation, initiated at the New Delhi-based Indian Agricultural Research Institute in 1998, shortly after the establishment of diplomatic ties with that country.
Dr Kurien's conviction was reflected in his faith that even rural enterprises, dealing with illiterate farmers and farm women, could be run on modern lines and use modern technology without any government support.
It is unfortunate that a section of politicians holding policy-making positions are disregarding peer-reviewed scientific opinion on GM crops and are, instead, falling for disputable dissenting viewpoints.
That climate change will impact Indian agriculture is a foregone conclusion. In what way precisely is not clear, though some clues are emerging through various research projects to capture these signals and assess their impact on crops, livestock, fisheries and other fields.
This year's kharif output may be higher than last year but it will be short of 2007 or 2008 levels.
Why can't India design ergonomic farm equipment? asks Surinder Sud
Paucity of monsoon rainfall alone is not a sufficient determinant of drought, maintains the World Meteorological Organisation.
Given IMD's past record on forecasts, the latest one could also go wrong.
NCIPM's awareness-cum-surveillance project helped reduce the pest-infected area in Maharashtra by 67 per cent.
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