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,
Scientists at the Cardamom Research station at Pampadumpara under the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) have developed a new hybrid variety of small cardamom, suitable for cultivation in the
India should plead effectively for downscaling agricultural subsidies in the developed nations and for some special safeguards to protect the interests of small and marginal farmers in the country at
Brazil's Congressional Commission on Biotechnology will soon present a proposal for a law that could break a lengthy legal deadlock over genetically modified crop sales, a financial paper said
The first shipment of new-crop soybeans from the United States has arrived at a northern Chinese port and is facing no delays, a U.S. industry official said he was informed by the U.S. Agriculture
In the last four years, Bhutan has lost 629.91 acres of wetland to infrastructure development and land conversion. This does not include illegal conversions, flood affected or abandoned wetland
An International Convention on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture approved by the Conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will ensure better use of plant genetic
Genetically modified (GMO) soybeans have won the hearts of most U.S. farmers and account for 63 percent of the oilseed grown this year. Most gene-altered corn is modified with a bacterium from the
In the days to come, the row over Bt cotton in Gujarat is likely to get murder. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, whose permission is
The Maharashtra Government announced on Tuesday it will continue the monopoly cotton procurement scheme despite mounting losses but hinted that severe financial difficulties might delay payments to
A national alliance of organisations representing landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers has demanded that no commercial clearance of genetically engineered Bt cotton or any
