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,
Research just published in the journal Science indicates that pollen from genetically modified (GM) mustard could carry artificially introduced genes up to 3 km away, much further than previously
Coffee, that powerful stimulant that jolts human beings from sluggishness to being wide awake first thing in the morning, appears to have exactly the reverse effect on molluscs. The findings, by the
Heading in the opposite direction of the U.S. the European Union is moving to reform its agriculture programs to stop farmers from producing mountains of surplus milk, grain and beef.
The inter--ministerial task force on agricultural marketing reforms has recommended sweeping amendments in marketing laws to allow all the private sector to operate agricultural markets, legalise
India has the capacity to become world leader in the production of wheat. India has already overtaken the USA in wheat production by crossing the 75 million tonnes mark. India is producing more wheat
The tribal farmers in Madhya Pradesh would be motivated to switch from cultivation of coarse grains to more profiting maize and niger. The agriculture department of the state is all set to embark
It is a clash between theory and practice. The theories of the agricultural scientists are being rejected by farmers, who till the land. A piquant situation, now prevailing all over north-coastal
The high level official and business delegation being led by Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala on a seven nation tour, arrived in Beijing from Shanghai to acquaint themselves with the
Close on the heels of the claim made by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences that insect-promoted transgenic Bt-cotton has actually benefited the environment, a leading US research institute
The curry leaf plant, Murraya koenigii, is known for its medical value and for its extensive usage in south Indian cuisine, is reported to be the least exploited and studied tree species in the
