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 Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to launch a Rs 130-crore Bio-tea production plant to give boost to the traditional tea industry in the
Members of the parliamentary consultative committee attached to the agriculture ministry today endorsed the scheme for setting up agri-clinics and agri-business centres by agricultural graduates to
All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) said the grant of patent on the United States firm Rice Tec would not have any adverse impact on Indian Basmati since the patent does not confer any
Gene Campaign, a ginger group against bio-piracy, has described the grant of the US patent to RiceTec company for three strains of rice claimed to be superior to Basmati as a 'resounding defeat' for
The controversy over Basmati patent seems to have a lasting aroma. While the initial concern was over whether the US company Rice Tec had got the patent on "Basmati rice lines and grains", on the
Yesterday it was Turmeric and Neem, today it is Basmati,tomorrow it may be Darjeeling tea. the patents saga may continue to torment, depriving India of its "heritage" if the government and
China's top trade negotiator Long Yongtu said Beijing is likely to allow a grace period for imports free of its restrictive rules of genetically modified (GM) food, while authorities carefully
After Basmati, it is amla, the popular Indian goose-berry, which has lured foreign companies to file applications for patents. Five amla-related patents have already been granted by the US patient
Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh said that there is no need to worry about the recent patenting of basmati varieties in the US as the trade name has not been given to them and the government has
The government sought to allay the apprehension that an American firm's securing patents on basmati rice had "severe and adverse" implications for Indian exports. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha,
