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,
Following the state government orders, Irrigation Department officials released 12,000 cusecs of water from Kabini reservoir, even as there was large scale protests in many places in Mysore and
The end of a two-year rates war for a Victorian farming couple could benefit thousands of other farmers after the settlement of their Supreme Court fight with the local council. Noelene and John
President Robert Mugabe vowed to crack down on whites in Zimbabwe who oppose his policies and have defied eviction orders to abandon their farms, state media reported. Mugabe said half of the 2900
Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) has developed two salt tolerant mustard/rapeseed varieties, Binasarisha-5 and Binasarisha-6, and a sesame (til) variety, Binatil-1. The National
Farmers of Dolakha district (Nepal) have started cultivating Lotha Salla, a kind of pine used for preparing medicines for the treatment of cancer, on commercial basis. Farmers of this district who
Maharashtra ended its monopoly cotton procurement scheme and permitted private players to purchase cotton directly from farmers, However the government has empowered the Maharashtra State Cooperative
Fragmented showers, coming to the hills of Himachal Pradesh during the delayed Monsoon in August, have brought little relief to the beleaguered agriculturists and horticulturists with the gross
Jammu & Kashmir that spends over Rs 400 cr. annually to sustain its non-vegetarian food habits loses over Rs 300-cr as it lacks proper infrastructure for a viable leather industry, a survey carried
As part of direct lending series to provinces the World Bank will extend $ 49 million to Sindh (Pakistan) for an On-Farm Water Management Project with a total cost of $ 78 million including $ 29
The National Farmers' Union is launching a campaign to highlight how little farmers receive from the retail price of their food. A basket of farmed produce including beef, eggs, milk, bread, tomatoes
