The global agrifood system has been largely overlooked in the fight against climate change. Yet, greenhouse gas emissions from the agrifood system are so big that they alone could cause the world to miss
A new technique significantly reduces salmonella in chickens by providing protection that before factory farming, was naturally transferred from a mother hen to her chicks scientists announced. The
expert: If champagne continues to remain a typical French wine and Scotch Scottish, no amount of American arm-twisting will be able to snatch basmati' from India's lap, noted agriculture scientist
In a major breakthrough, Indian scientists have identified an Eco-friendly biological method to control aphids, a pest which attacks mustard plants, thereby eliminating a major bottleneck in
A farm scientist with the Cotton Corporation of India has suggested cultivation of a desi cotton variety in areas bordering Pakistan in a bid to check the spread of a deadly cotton virus in India
After two years of intense lobbying by the US, the Union government has agreed in principle to lift the ban on soyabeans import and permit Indian processors to bring in 1 million tonnes. The final
The government will review the terms of the agriculture policy and increase the minimum support price to farmers from the level recommended by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices, New
Can US call its wines champagne, asks expert: If champagne continues to be a typical French wine and scotch whisky Scottish, no amount of American arm-twisting will be able to snatch "Basmati" from
The new Agriculture Minister, Som Pal, today proposed to bring in a comprehensive agriculture policy which would maximise the use of land, water and genetic resources. He also said that the ministry
The Haryana Agriculture University ( HAU) at Hissar and Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) at Ludhiana have come out with several new crop varieties that will benefit the region's farmers. While the
Around 6,000 tonnes of "Sundari" chillies cultivated in the south 24-Parganas district of West Bengal are illegally transported to Bangladesh, according to the chillies Aratdar Association, Calcutta
