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,
Thakarsibhaisavalia, 58, a farmer from Pankhan village, may not have cried 'eureka', as Archimedes did, but he was intelligent enough to realise that he had stumbled upon something extraordinary: a
The Indian Council of Agriculture Research and the International Potato Centre (CIP), Peru, signed an agreement for collaborative research in potato and sweet potato. The workplan for 1998-99 was
China formulated an ambitious plan to curb soil erosion on 50,000 sq.km. annually in each of the next 50 years. China has lost nearly three million ha. of cultivated land to soil erosion in recent
Manufacturers of spurious brands of Butachlor will have a tough time. Monsanto will provide to rice growers the facility of independently checking the quality of the weedicide purchased by them in
Europeans will have to give up the vast majority of packaged foods if they want to avoid ingredients derived from genetic modifications, the Beuc consumers umbrella organisation warned. As part of
The Gujarat state water supply board and the Junagadh district authrities have decided to conduct desilting exercise in the famous Wellington dam at Junagadh. A detailed scheme has been prepared and
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Iowa State University (ISU), USA, have signed an agreement for cooperation in agricultural research. The workplan for 1998-99 was signed by ICAR
India and Brazil are joining hands to start research projects in the areas of agriculture, livestock and fisheries bio-technology. Under the agreement, India will share its expertise during the Green
Maharashtra government has worked out a crop insurance scheme to cover cereals, pulses and oil seeds during the first phase. The scheme which will cover cotton, sugarcane and horticulture during the
The Union agriculture ministry has sent the new draft Bill on plant variety protection deleting the provisions on farmers rights to the Cabinet for approval. The new draft is named Plant Variety
