Devinder Sharma
India, the GM-trashbin
While the world wakes to the human health and environment nuisance of genetically modified crops, India is fast turning into a dustbin for the new technology.
May 10, 2004
Rice and sovereignty
The grain that sustains more than half of the world's population may soon be owned and controlled by a private company.
Mar 13, 2004
Farms and jobs: Not much to feel good about
Hunger has emerged as robustly sustainable in the Southasian heartland.
Feb 15, 2004
Towards a Grey Revolution
The message from the Government of India is becoming clear: farmers get out of agriculture and make way for the contractors.
Jan 01, 2004
Nothing free or fair about it
A complicated and veiled system of tariffs allows Western countries to protect their tiny farming populations while millions of farmers in developing countries are swamped under a tide of cheap imports. Such systemic hypocrisy in …
Mar 01, 2003
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