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,
The Assam State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V) Department has launched an ambitious project, called Swarnadhenu Scheme (The Golden Cow Concept), with a view to upgrading the State's local
President George W. Bush signed into law a farm bill providing new subsidies for US farmers over the next decade, and officially closing the book on the nation's experiment with free market policies
A weakening of US commitment to reforming international agricultural trade could put global trade talks in jeopardy, Australia's trade minister warned as US president George W. Bush signed into law
Power, food grain and fertiliser are not the only subsidised props of the farm sector. There is a huge 'hidden' subsidy on public irrigation. The growing burden of this subsidy has forced food policy
Andhra Pradesh is recognised as a thriving hub of activity in the knowledge-centric biotechnology and infotech sectors. Thanks to its high quality educational and research centres and a large
Needless restrictions on agricultural biotechnology would harm the world's ability to battle hunger in the 21st century, say Gregory Conko and C.S. Pradash, co-founders of the AgBioWorld Foundation.
A large-scale sowing of Bt-cotton, the first transgenic crop in India, will begin in Karnataka in May last or June first week with Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company making arrangements to sell the
Orissa Government's decision to move the Supreme Court against the High Court's order directing it to procure paddy directly from the farmers has enraged both the peasants and the Opposition
The Orissa government has decided to approach the Supreme Court against the high court order directing to procure paddy from the farmers. A proposal to this effect was adopted in the state cabinet
The Kerala High Court today restrained the revenue authorities for three weeks from destroying the paddy cultivation done within the storage area of Malampuzha
