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 Indus River System Authority's decision to cut water supplies at this stage could harm agriculture in the Punjab (Pakistan) beyond redemption and reduce cotton production by at least 30 per cent
Thousands of white farmers have to decide by 12:01 a.m. whether to fight the government and risk jail or flee lands that they farm. President Robert Mugabe has given nearly 3,000 of the 4,500 white
The Tamil Nadu Government plans to promote organic cultivation of a range of horticulture and plantation crops to augment farmers' income. The Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalitha, said the Government
Research work on plant cell death by a Bangalore University professor and his Ph.D. student has opened new vistas in the areas of synthetic wood technology and plant defense against pathogens. A
Seven Jersey cows/bulls imported from Australia died at the Government of India Animal Quarantine and Certification Centre, Pallikaranai, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to 'Bovine Viral
In what can be construed as a decision move to gain a stranglehold over the on-going negotiations for the review of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), the United States has put forth a cleverly
The $118 billion U.S. farm bill adopted in May gave the European Union the perfect excuse to delay cuts to its own, more costly, farm subsidies. So imagine the unhappy faces among the farm
Zimbabwe's white farmers mostly defied a government deadline for them to leave their land at midnight last night, with many finding a frail hope of reprieve in a last-minute court ruling. Only a
An Italian court is investigating 10 seed companies for allegedly using maize containing genetic material in violation of Italian law, a judicial official said. The court in Turin launched the probe
Gene Campaign appealed to the President of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India's premier agricultural body, to release to the public the data collected in the field trials conducted
