Shahzadapur in Samastipur turns obstacles into advantage: through fish farming!   Shahzadapur, Samastipur: the moral of this story may be – next time you travel in Bihar, look out for marshy land, which is often seen as nature’s way of wastefulness. It’s nothing of the sort of course. This was proved recently by a group of fish farmers from the village – Kaushal Kishor Thakur, Vimal Kishor Thakur, Sunil Kumar and Chandrakant Thakur. Ever since 1987 when the 110 acre land failed to produce any paddy, the farmers simply gave up after renewed attempts during the next three years... 

Nitish’s ‘No’ to Monsanto: a bold stance to be proud of! Patna, New Delhi: according to latest reports, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has refused to allow field trials of genetically modified Bt maize in Bihar. The CM informed members of the house that he received a phone call from the Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s suggesting that he reconsider his decision, Pawar’s argument being that such refusal will dampen the enthusiasm of agricultural researchers. Nitish’s reply to this was verbatim ‘I told the agriculture minister that I have no objection to scientific experiments...