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,
Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced that the government will extend the ' Pulse Villages' concept developed at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation to all over the Tamil Nadu
A day after forsaking McKinsey's recommendations, the government indicated that the new agricultural policy, the making of which was at the Centre of a political storm over the past few months, would
Modern laboratories to test and improve the quality of wheat will be set up throughout Pakistan so that it may procure maximum profit in the international market. The decision was made at a meeting
Glossy, scarlet Singapore cherries, millets, a variety of pulses, vegetables tamarind and neem grow lavishly with enviable flourish in an area which has been termed as semi-arid with hardly 400 mm of
To tackle the drought situation, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has asked the government to develop dry land cultivation, popularise water saving irrigation techniques and grant 50 per
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that foreign genes from a genetically engineered crop plant can migrate into wild plants in a natural environment. A study released shows that wild
Punjab will represent to the Centre to seek a change in the parameters for determining the damage to crops. The suggested changes will form a part of the assessment report to be submitted to the
With the death of two more buffaloes, the number of these milch cattle having fallen prey to some mysterious disease has risen to 16 in some villages of Kalujhanda panchayat of Barotiwala area in
Mozambique, in the midst of a hunger crisis, accepted its first shipment of genetically modified food aid from the United States on Wednesday. Mozambique had previously expressed concern about taking
The National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has estimated that investment in the food processing sector is likely to go up to Rs 92000 crore during the Tenth Plan from Rs 38530 crore
