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
The European Union will finance a UN food agency project to increase cotton yields in Asia and cut pesticide use, the U.N. body said yesterday. The $12.7 million project, organised by the Rome-based
The shifting cultivation by slash and burning of forests in hills, popularily known as jhumming, is being practised by the tribals of North Cachar Hills.This age old system of cultivation not only
Indian wheat scientist, Mr. Sanjaya Rajaram, bagged China's 'Friendship Medal', the country's top award for a foreigner, in recognition of his contribution to Beijing's agricultural sector, an
A roundtable of agricultural industry leaders and the Government officials from around the world talked about the need for an international science-based review to assess the benefits and risks of
Genetically-modified foods are as safe as any others and there is a "compelling moral imperative" to develop them to help fight hunger in the Third World, an influential British think-tank has said.
Even as confusion persists over the proposed merger of the Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation (RCDF) into the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Federation has fixed an ambitious target
Punjab Ypung Farmers' Association in a resolution passed commended the decision of the Cooperative Societies' Registrar, Mr G S Pirzada, of allowing the Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies in
Confidential requests are not just placed for designer outfits they could also be placed for the production of plants of choice. One such place is Micro-Propagation Technology Park in Gurgaon which
Farmers in the district and nearby areas are facing huge losses due to a virtual tomato glut in the market this season. As a result some of the affected growers have already destroyed the standing
Backers of food biotechnology reacted with caution late last week to a study by U.S. scientists that asserted harmful effects on monarch butterflies from pollen produced by genetically modified (GM)
