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 Seri-Biotech Research Laboratory along with the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) is in the process of developing a diagnostic kit for detecting perbine, popularly known as pepper
The Buddhadeb Bhattarcharjee Government in West Bengal will begin to address two most contentious issues confronting it for more than a year now, from next week. On Mr. Bhattarcharjee's and his party
The Union ministry has rejected all tenders quoting below Rs 450 per quintal for disposal of paddy procured by Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments. Only bids of Rs 450 per
This would be the time of the year when farmers are busy in their paddy fields, under normal circumstances. However, this year, farmers in the Kanchad village in the Wada taluka of Thane have stopped
Padyatras with a difference would be undertaken indifferent parts of Madhya Pradesh from September 4. They would be aimed at educating farmers on the benefits of organic farming, says an official
The government is likely to push for greater protection for sensitive farm products in the ongoing World Trade Organisation negotiations on agriculture. "We are in the process of identifying certain
In view of low-storage levels in all major reservoirs, the Karnataka State Government has directed deputy commissioners to ask farmers of all the command areas, especially in the Cauvery basin, to
The Johannesburg environment and sustainable development summit - it ended today - debated the issue of genetically modified (GM) food to death. But a note put up for the Indian Cabinet - it meets
The preliminary reports of the BT Cotton trials being conducted jointly by the ICAR and the PAU seem to have crossed over the major hurdle of the American Bollworm attack, a major cause of concern
A recent report from the National Academy of Sciences has helped clarify the risks posed to human health and the environment by the genetic manipulation of animals to produce food, medicines or other
