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,
Sunflower , considered the best diversified fancy kharif crop, may not remain the ideal choice for farmers due to an attack by pests, lesser area under cultivation and the prevailing high temperature
Experts at the Directorate of Wheat Research at Karnal in Haryana have found that wheat productivity could be increased through frontline demonstration in the form of applied research. Frontline
Traditonal paddy cultivators are now moving over to greener pastures like cash crops because of high cost of labour that is eating into their profits.
A 'citizens conference' organized by the French parliament has highlighted public misgivings and confusion over genetically altered products entering the food chain. The conference raised consumer's
Their land parched and plagued with insects, many of India's poorest farmers are taking their own lives : a
Enthused by the "fair success" of Advantage Maharashtra, a road-show organied to woo global investment in the infrastructure sector over two years ago, the State Government is now setting up "Agro
Hopes of a possible decontrol of the sugar industry receded on Thursday with state food ministers opposing any move to wind up the public distribution system (PDS) for sugar and favouring
The Union Food Minister, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, yesterday called for improved buffalo breeds in the country and mooted the Punjab model for making the buffalo farmer, an entrepreneur. Inaugurating
Bowing to demands from Washington, the Colombian government has agreed to test a granular herbicide to kill coca crops, despite public warnings from the chemical's American manufacturer against its
The World Bank will provide $196 million in loans to India for a project to improve agricultural research and natural resources management. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said in a
