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,
An agreement for scientific research and exchange of information in the agricultural field will soon materialise between South Africa and Punjab. The agreement would give the Punjab state an
It has been said before but it bears reiteration. There has to be something very wrong with a society that strives to deny itself the benefits of technological progress - never mind if it renders its
The US achieved a breakthrough deal with China on genetically modified (GMO) foods in a dispute that threatened to scuttle $1 billion annual sales of US soyabeans to China, the world's top importer.
A proposal from an NRI to set up a Jojoba plantation in the Thar desert has been turned down by the centre after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) refused diversion of the land for
China announced a temporary certification scheme for imports of bio-engineered foods following talks last week with the United States on the issue. It said foreign firms could get temporary safety
A Task Force of the Codex Alimentarius Commission has reached agreement on a final draft of 'Principles for the risk analysis of foods derived from biotechnology, the UN Food and Agriculture
The high dependency on food imports in the Near East poses a formidable challenge for countries throughout the region, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned at its 26th Regional
A task force of the Codex Alimentarius Commission has reached agreement on a final draft of 'Principles for the risk analysis of foods derived from biotechnology'. the UN Food and Agriculture
With Zimbabwe's increasingly explosive struggle over land distribution, white farmers have never before been so aware of how vulnerable they are. Whites, who make up less than 1 percent of the
A study conducted by the Bangalore based National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP) on micro nutrients status of soil, water, feed and blood of animals in teh 10 agro-climatic
