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,
Agricultural scientists in country have put a foreign gene into cauliflower and created a variety that is resistant to diamondback moth attack. The scientists chose the popular cauliflower variety
In a bid to save crops from drought in India as well as US, which is facing one of its driest season this year, scientists from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, are assisting
Southern African leaders urged foreign donors this week to speed up food and debt relief for the region where millions of people face the twin scourges of hunger and AIDS. "We cannot do everything
The Orissa Government has planned a massive rabi drive to offset the extensive damage to the kharif crop by the drought which is still playing havoc in several districts of the state. The special
A ruling party MLA, Ramlal Bharadwaj, detained for seven hours by farmers for irrigation water in drought-affected Chhattisgarh was released only after he promised to provide it within 24 hrs.
The severity with which the current drought has hit US agriculture and farmers should wake India and other developing countries to the fact that the American model of farming based on hi tech and
Manipur, one of the eight northeastern states, has adopted a unique development strategy which will encourage only eco-friendly agricultural practices and pollution-free industry. The state has
'Kisanwatch', a public information website created by the Madhya Pradesh Government to view decisions of the World Trade Organizations (WTO) from the perspective of Indian farmers, is likely to have
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Union government on a public interest litigation by the Gene campaign urging the Court to declare the Government decision to join the Union for Protection of
Madhya Pradesh state forest minister Davendra Tekam has said while concluding ceremony of genetic farming mass awareness Pad Yatra that in this present time using of chemical fertilisers and
