Contamination reduces cotton value
Cotton is considered to be a resilient and reliable lifeline of Pakistan's economy; however, the reduction in its productivity over several years has negatively impacted performance of the entire economy.…
Hunger games
The world already produces enough food to feed 10 billion people but over two billion are experiencing micronutrient deficiencies (of which 821 million were classed as chronically undernourished in 2018).…
Country’s current cotton woes
The current cotton arrival estimates fall far short of fulfilling domestic requirement of the textile industry. The share of cotton crop in agricultural GDP is 4.5 percent while its share…
Forced Venezuela bond selling about to face first test
The feared firesale of Venezuela's government bonds after J.P Morgan effectively cut them out of its popular bond indices earlier this month has yet to materialise, but things are about…
What is to be done?
How can one discuss the current situation in Kashmir and 'what is to be done? – in just a few hundred words? Tougher still, is to say it all in…
Sham democracy
THE dissolution of the India-held Kashmir assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik has once again brought to the fore how farcical democracy in the conflict-ridden state is, and where actual…
Violations and the LoC
Hundreds have been killed and maimed in the senseless, mindless violence across the Line of Control ever since it came into being in 1972, mostly as a result of the…
A mortal threat
A new study calling for a “radical rethink” of the relationship between policymakers and corporations reinforces what Organic Consumers Association and other public interest groups have been saying for years:…
Creative destruction
According to the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), since 1970 60 percent of the mammals, birds, fish and reptiles on the planet have been driven to extinction. To the extent that…
The corporate catastrophe
If the proposed Monsanto-Bayer merger goes through, the new company would control more than 25 per cent of the global supply of commercial seeds and pesticides. Monsanto held a 26…
