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,
MAYCO'S genetically engineered Bt cotton hybrids, cleared for commercial cultivation by the Government, are claimed to confer 'in-built' resistance to Helicoverpa armigera or the dreaded American
After four years of intense and often acrimonious debate among the pro and anti lobbies, the government has finally approved the use of Bt cotton - genetically modified variety of cotton - for
After Monsanto, global life sciences and agri tech giant Aventis will be next multinational to seek the government's approval for a genetically modified seed. The 18-billion euro Aventis, through its
The 45 million tonnes of the annual post-harvest waste that is strewn across Maharashtra's sugarcane fields kept the wealth in its bosom; but none knew till botanists A D Karve discovered it. Karve
The origins of modern corn can be traced to the remote valleys of Central America, where it was first cultivated 10000 years ago from the wild teosinte plant. What is grown today in the vast corn
The Kerala State Government has constituted a 9-member high-level committee with V L Chopra, president of the National Academy of Agricultural Science as Chairman to prepare a strategy for using
Haryana, with 637 grams per capita per day milk availability, ranks second in the country against the national average of 213 grams. Stating this yesterday, a spokesman of Animal Husbandry Department
Hafed has adopted a systematic approach for adoption of information technology. While stating this in Chandigarh yesterday, a spokesman for Hafed said the federation had taken a major web based agri
The Narup fertiliser plant of the Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation Limited has resumed urea production after the completion of the first phase of its revamp, paving the way for the turn around of the
India has finally conquered its pathological fear of the unknown and taken a first, firm step up the spiral staircase of the transgenic revolution. Farmers will now be permitted to sow genetically
