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,
Reduced competition from China, Pakistan and Viet Nam and Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will bring another rice export bonanza to Thailand in 2002, according to latest
The recent furore over genetically modified (GM) Bt-cotton grown illegally in Gujarat brought home, literally, the worldwide debate on the issue. Proponents of GM technology insist it is safe, and
Good news for diabetic patients in Calcutta and elsewhere in West Bengal. Those who dig potatoes but cannot eat them because of health problems might now do so at peace. A new breed of tubers, low on
Farmers of Gulbarga in Karnataka who have been suffering from drought have another problem on hand : the entire cotton crop in the taluk has been affected by pests.
Two centres of excellence joined hands to work for the benefit of the rural poor through large scale propagation of economic crops developed through tissue culture. The Regional Plant Resource
The U.S. Supreme Court in a ruling benefical to the crop-biotechnology industry upheld the legality of patents for plants and seed. The 6-2 opinion keeps intact hundreds of utility patents granted by
The Nepal Government and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) exchanged signed a few days ago. The Mexico-based centre has been extending cooperation to Nepal in improving the
The incidence of suicide among the farmers of Karnataka has reached alarming proportions with over 80 distressed farmers ending their lives this year. The Krishna Government has appointed an experts'
The sight of government granaries overflowing with wheat and rice is a good metaphor for Indian agriculture : plenty of potential that's stuck at the starting gate. After the World Trade Organisation
As data on authorised trails of genetically-modified cotton begins to flow in, the opposing camps are beginning to take their positions. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) undertaking
