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,
In a move that could giva a free run to life sciences MNCs like the $7.5 billion Monsanto, the United Nation's convention on biodiversity (CBD) has put paid to the efforts of the anti-terminator
A blistering summer and reverberations from Russia's economic crisis have taken a devastating toll on the nation's crops, making it likely that Moscow will appeal to the United States for food aid,
Biotechnology companies warned that the European Union would lose out economically after environment ministers backed tighter laws for licensing genetically modified crops. Europabio, representing
Monsanto : Asia is warming to genetically modified organisms (GMO) in agriculture and will step up usage of such technology over th next few years, said Charles Martin, vice president for corporate
Researchers at Jerusalem's Hebrew University have discoveed a gene that can be injected into trees into trees and plants to accelerate their
African countries should take a leaf from the Asian agricultural system where focused food grain production has virtually stamped out hunger. A representative from the Botswana College of
The Dhiki (or seesaw) pump in the Terai region of Nepal have proved to be effective in increasing the fertility of the soil cultivated by low income farmers. Drip irrigation technology launched by
Farmers with delicate sensibilities are about to enjoy the environmentally friendly pig. Scientists have genetically engineered a sweeter smelling hog whose manure contains half as much polluting
A single mango tree, which can yield 101 varities of the juicy fruit, will be planted on the lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan in
After nearly two years of deliberations and research, the government has finally concluded that India is ready to contest US company, Ricetec's patent on basmati. A Cabinet note on the details of
