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,
Research work on agricultural applications of fly ash has demonstrated that it is helpful in boosting the yields of various crops. Fly ash is found to be a supplier of essential micro-nutrients to
An automatic solar-powered instrument to alert farmers when to spray against leaf spot diseases in groundnut has been developed by the International crops research institute for the semi-arid tropics
Thailand, the world's top rice exporter, has developed a new high-grade, disease-resistant strain it hopes will bolster sales to the West and Japan. Pathum Thani 1 is nearly identical to Thailand's
Greenpeace, the environmental group, raised and alarm on Wednesday by announcing that a new study revealed unknown DNA in Monsanto's Ready Roundup soyabean, while claiming the genetically engineered
A task force on agriculture has recommended the creation of the 'food security box'(FSB) under the WTO framework and substantial reduction in tariffs by the developed countries for giving flexibility
Like bees take to honey. That's Pune's lab buzz with patented potions to charm the little stingers or repel them from feasting on the wrong flowers. The National Geographic Channel will fly down in
About 17 lakh people mostly small-scale and marginal farmers and landless farm workers of Bangladesh are expected to be benefited by a 34-million dollar loan from Asian Development Bank, official
The Himachal Pradesh Government has formulated a new 'tea development policy' to benefit tea growers of the State by boosting production through improved
Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh said the government would test field soil in the state to see which crop could yield better income to farmers.
Fresh controversy erupted on Thursday after scientists discovered unidentified fragments of DNA in gene-altered soybeans, jolting grain markets and heating up a simmering debate about genetically
