Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
Taking a strong stance in Britain's debate over genetically modified food, Prince Charles yesterday said he said not think such crops were adequately tested or necessary. Prince Charle's own farm in
Washington's apple industry wants to make sure that a bite into a red delicious will yield a satisfying crunch, not a mouth full of mush. Rich Ozanich and Al Robinson hope their research into systems
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has granted over $3.5 millions for the development and large-scale adoption of high-yielding technologies in the rice and spice sectors in India. The
Indian farm scientist Sanjaya Rajaram, who has worked on breeding different strains of wheat was presented Friendship medal, the highest award for a foreigner working in China. Mr Song Ping, former
The Ludhiana Cooperative Milk Plant has become the first milk plant to be awarded the ISO (HACCAP Food Safety)
The government approved 20 projects under the "Jai Vigyan" mission giving top priority to the one on improving the country's food security. This was decided during a high level meeting, the third of
The grain trading arm of ConAgra, the second largest food processor in the US, announced that, as part of a marketing deal with Monsanto, it would accept all forms of genetically modified corn grown
Indian agriculture, despite 11 consecutive normal monsoons, still faces a "vicious cycle" of dwindling productivity and decreasing yields of major crops, says an Assocham analysis. In order to
India has managed to bag an order of only 54 tonnes in the first tender for foreign rice conducted last week by Japan for marketing year 1999-2000 under its Uruguay Round minimum access agreement.
Cross-breeding of the Indian 'Gir' with foreign breeds - Jersey and Hf - has produced a stable breed of cow that can deliver more milk with high fat content. The new breed christened as "Phule
