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 Haryana Agricultural University has launched three new crop varieties including two hybrids, HHB-117 and HSFH-848 of pearl millet and sunflower respectively, and a HT-10 of tinda vegetable. The
The US state department has expressed that it is not in the favour of mandatory labelling of genetically modified(GM) foods, although it has supported formulation of highest standards for protecting
A co-operative movement for tea cultivation in the wastelands on the outskirts of the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), is poised to take off with a tea processing
By now, alarms bells should have started ringing. For, the number of scientists who ensure that food production keeps pace with the population is falling by the day. The number of research scholars
Normal life was affected in three districts in the Cauvery river delta after several hundred angry farmers blocked roads and forced shops to down shutters in protest against the decision of the Tamil
The high powered group of ministers is meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday to decide on the fate of the seventh and eighth fertiliser pricing policies. though the fertiliser ministry is learnt to be
Representatives of farmers' organisations and the country's apex industry bodies today demanded immediate permission for the commercial cultivation of the transgenic Bt cotton that carries an insect
While India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee is meeting in New Delhi to finally decide whether or not to allow commercial cultivation of generically modified (GM) cotton, the European Union
Genetic modification an the selection of favourable traits have been part of agricultural advancement over time. The rediscovery of Mendelian laws about a hundred years ago provided the requisite
The transgenic material for sorghum, castor and red gram will be available in the country in the next couple of years, according to Dr. M V Rao, Chairman of Andhra Pradesh-Netherlands Biotechnology
