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,
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a rice transplanter which can save labour requirement by 70 per cent and increase yield by over 13 per cent. The eight-row
The Clinton Adminsitration unveiled a series of steps to address consumer fears about the safety of genetically modified foods, and asked seed companies to report any unexpected problems with new
Farmers owing land on the peripheral areas of Ahmedabad and five other cities in the state have decided to launch an agitation against the state government's decision to acquire 50 per cent of land
While the safety of genetically modified organs(GMOs) for consumption remains controversial worldwide and labelling issues are still unresolved in Japan, rising local demand for non-GMOs have
There's money to be made when a chicken breast doused in herb sauce tastes good to humans but can kill cockroaches. That's the thinking of EcoSMART Technologies, a small privately-held Tennessee
The Government would soon set up a 'National Seed Bank' to store certified seeds to guard against any unforseen calamities and ensure easy availability of quality seeds to the farmers, a top
Having identified a new sector for revenue generation, the Congress(I)-led Government in Rajasthan has issued extensive guidelines for proper utilisation and management of huge tracts of pasture
The Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) has cautioned the farmers against an imminent outbreak of late Blight disease affecting potato crop in the Himachal Pradesh, CPRI director GS Shekhawat
Financial crisis bedevilling Punjab Agriculture University has derailed the research work in agriculture and allied fields on the campus and university's research farms. This is perhaps first in its
Over the last one year, tonnes of baby corn, pop corn, gherkins, tomatoes, melody and potatoes have been grown on 200 acres of land on a pilot project in Cheldiganipalli village of Andhra Pradesh
