Pesticides

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERB) Bhopal researchers have developed organic polymers that can remove highly polar organic micropollutants (POMs) from water. This process will render the water safer for human consumption.

Locust swarms can eat the food of up to 35,000 people in a single day. The situation is indeed alarming amidst the coronavirus but it can be controlled with rapid actions

From blanching to using salty water, here are five ways to can keep your veggies and fruits clean and healthy.

The harvest from her terrace garden meets 90 per cent of her kitchen needs.

Farming that’s healthy, ecological, and socially just — TBI explains why choosing 'organic' today could have major implications for our future.

People on the world's largest riverine island have cooked up a nutritious, economical and eco-friendly way of solving pest problems on their farm land — eating the pest before it eats their crop!

That pesticides and chemicals of all kinds are used during cultivation and sometimes even after the fruit has been plucked to ripen them quickly or make them look attractive are things we know.

The gel deactivates certain chemicals, preventing them from going deep into the skin and organs like the brain and the lungs.

When Avilash inquired as to how someone who led a healthy lifestyle could get cancer, the answer he got was that perhaps the pesticides in her food resulted in a long-term buildup of harmful chemicals in her body.

We talk with ATGC Biotech CEO Dr Markandeya Gorantla to know how harmful conventional pesticides are and how the startup has been redefining pest management in ways like never before.