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 Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) is planning cultivation of hybrid varieties of coconut seedlings resistant to the dreaded root wilt disease. The hybrid varieties,
The Centre has released Rs 46.2173 crore out of its total share of 146.7426 crore for the six on going-schemes for boosting crop production. The Centre decided to continue the six schemes with a view
The Himachal Pradesh State Governemnt has earmarked Rs 1 crore for a crop insurance scheme to cover such crops which have not been covered by the Centre's
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Peshawar has released a new wheat variety named "Fakhr-e-Sarhad", which is completely resistant to rusts
: The Punjab government has sought the assistance of various national research organisations including Forestry Research Institute, Peshawar to cope with the problem created by the diseases affecting
Brazil has broken its historic ban on genetically engineered crops by approving Monsanto's transgenic Roundup Ready soybean seeds. The decision will open up the world's second largest soybean
A new study urges an overhaul of Japan's farming laws in view of expanding food imports and dwindling farm population, but the prime minister's advisory committee sidestepped a key international
The government is working towards evolving a scheme for crop insurance and incentives for farmers to boost stagnant oilseeds output, civil supplies minister of state Satyapal Singh Yadav, said
The Zimbabwe government may be forced to rethink its policy on land redistribution after donors attending a three day conference made clear they were not prepared to fund the programme. When the
Should we care that there are now fewer than 1,000 Arvana-Kazakh dromedary camels in Kazakhstan, or only 900 Yakut cattle left in Siberia? The Food and Agriculture Organisation, based in Rome, thinks
