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
Environmentalists across the country have urged the Government not to "politicise'" the Bt cotton issue as it was a prime issue of public safety. The need for laying more emphasis on organic
Minister for Sports, Sanjay Bandekar, has called upon the farmers of Palolem (Goa) and adjoining places to bring more land under cash crops as he intended to bring these places under the command area
Gujarat agriculture minister Purshottam Rupala said that the government has initiated legal action against Navbharat Seeds company for allegedly cheating cotton growers by supplying seeds of
Though a number of issues, such as the newly-introduced government procurement policies, and some earlier ones, such as the environment and competition policies, and so on, will be dragged into the
There seems to be no respite on the agriculture front. With the international prices remaining sluggish, and the developed countries refusing to reduce subsidies under one on e pretext or the other,
A bowl of rice is something Asia's poor and hungry will always look forward to, but scientists hope new strains of the staple food will do much more than fill empty stomachs. The International Rice
A new international agreement to use plantgenes to help guarantee future world food supplies was hailed by Jacques Diouf, director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
There is a variety of cotton that can fight off bollworm, has no apparent side-effects and has cleared trials. It goes by the name of Bt Cotton, and the Government doesn't want it. Across the cotton
Scientists fear genetically modified (GM) crops, already under attack for allegedly creating "mutant" food, could also create plants that are resistant to herbicides and insects. GM herbicide-and
From a distance the picturesque hills of the Pauri Garhwal in Uttaranchal present a wonderful sight with the bright yellow lantana flowers blooming all around. But, beneath this beauty lies a tale of
