Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
Tougher new rules on controlling genetically modified (GM) goods in the European Union will come into force later this month, paving the way for the bloc to reopen its markets to the controversial
China's Agriculture Ministry is expected to extend for nine months its temporary measure on genetically modified food imports due to expire on December 20, trade sources said. Chinese and U.S. soy
Global pepper production will probably fall for a second year in 2003 sending prices higher, because of a shortage of rain in India, Indonesia and other major producing countries, according to an
Dr. R.K. Rampal, Agriculture Director, told that 10 lakh hectares under cultivation of rotational crops like wheat and paddy would be used for diversification in phases within five years. He said
The kharif output this season is estimated at 90.85 million tonnes, against 111.51 million tonnes, even as a Crop Weather Watch Group meeting in the Agriculture Ministry noted that the monsoon was
The Agriculture Department has now found out ways to materialise the aim of green revolution through organic farming, as this will be an important improvement over our traditional system of
With the launch of the contract farming programme by the Punjab government the district administration has identified about 4,000 acres in the district in this regard. Agriculture Department
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has agreed to examine whether it could use its vast infrastructure to help small farmers and landless rural workers to do backyard poultry farming. Union
Experiments conducted by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have proved that crops cultivated under the canopy of net not only have a much higher yield but also don't require pesticides, a
Union agriculture minister Ajit Singh has asked the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to increase the procurement of milk by two lakh litre per day in Rajasthan in view of the severity of
