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,
A team of entomologists of Haryana Agricultural University after a survey of farms in Hisar and Hansi areas has told farmers to take measures necessary to control American bollworm. the members of
The next days will see eco-warriors in the country coming out strongly against India's commercial adoption of Bt cotton. Their weapon will be the results of a report released by the China-based
The world's public seed banks are starved for cash and need an injection from donors of $260 million to protect crop varieties and aid the war on hunger, a leading plant geneticist said. About 1,300
Guatemalan environmental activists slammed the United Nations this week for distributing genetically engineered corn to drought-hit peasants in the Central American nation through its World Food
A leading scientist warned that hysteria over genetic modification was clouding the issue and hindering serious debate. Patrick Bateson, vice-president of the Royal Society, said that he saw "no
European buyers are interested in soymeal free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) but balk at paying higher prices for the full certification process, industry sources said. Supermarket chains
A total of 182 countries have committed to reduce the number of hungry people by 2015, according to the final declaration of the World Food Summit. Heads of state and governments approved the
China is enlisting armies of ducks to prevent a plague of locusts engulfing swathes of valuable crop land. The birds will probably end up in restaurant. The Manasi locust station in the northwest is
Coffee growers who want to boost their crop for free should hire an army of willing, unpaid volunteers: the bee. The US scientist, Mr. David Roubik, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has
The U.N. World Food Summit wrapped up on Thursday much where it began, with criticism about the proliferation of bio-tech crops and complaints that too little has been done to end world hunger. "Lets
