Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
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
The national alliance of organisations representing landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers welcomed the government's decision to destroy the cotton and cotton seeds suspected
The Working Group on Agricultural Infrastructure and marketing for the Tenth Plan (2002-07) has devised "concrete plans" for implementation during the five-year span at a proposed outlay of Rs 7,503
The West Bengal government will distribute 40 per cent of its holdings (patta) of agricultural land to women to mark international women's year.
With international investment in agriculture at an all-time low, and more than 70 percent of the world's poor living in rural areas, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Bank
Ten years ago, when the debate about GATT, patents and "intellectual property rights" was at its height, opponents raised a storm of fear. It was said that farmers would not be allowed to reuse their
In a major breakthrough in hybrid rice seed, a farmer in the district has achieved two tones production in a trial plot, highest recorded so far, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Indian scientists have isolated microbial strains that could double the survival of tea plantlets obtained through tissue culture technique and also promote their growth. Scientists at the G B Pant
The Fertiliser Association is not doing the industry's cause any good by raising the bogey of closure of some units following the Government's move to reduce retention prices. It has become customary
