Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services,
Malaysian scientists have come up with important innovations which will benefit two of the country's biggest natural-resources industries-rubber and palm oil. The new methods will boost output and,
Malaysian researchers have claimed to have come up with a new jackfruit cultivar named 'Mastura' which will yield higher production of the
Indo-American Hybrid Seeds, Bangalore, has come out successfully with tissue culture banana of Dwarf cavendish, Robusta, Nendran, Basrai, Grand-Naine, Williams, Poovan and Amruthapani. The company
Scientists have figured out how to manipulate crop genes by borrowing a technique that is used to treat genetic illnesses in humans.The breakthrough disclosed in two articles in the journal of the
Transgenic crops will take centre stage in agriculture during the next century, Dr. Asis Datta, Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, has
The Haryana Government is planning to double livestock population in the state in next five years. The new Director animal Husbandry, Dr K S Dangi, said at Hisar that a comprehensive programme had
In North America where the use of GM seeds is more widespread, Monsanto is battling an altogether different threat: how to prevent farmers from obtaining its patented seeds illegally. The company
Acknowleding the worsening of trade tensions with Europe over genetically engineered foods, the Clinton Administration said for the first time that it would conduct long-term studies on the safety of
Scientists at the Tata Energy Rsearch Institute(TERI) here have developed biofertilizers - scientifically known as mycorrhzia - that help various kinds of vegetables, flowers, fodder crops and trees
The Government has sought advice from the scientists of the Wildlife Research Institute , Dehradun, to check the menace of blue bulls (Neelgai) in the M P. This was informed by Forest Minister
