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,
Still trying to recover for the losses suffered due to a delayed monsoon and scanty rainfall, farmers in Chhattisgarh are now struggling to save their remaining crop - some of which have already
France has repeated it would oppose any removal of an effective European Union ban on developing new genetically modified crop strains until precise labeling rules for GM products come into effect,
While the heads of state who assembled for the recent World food Summit spoke eloquently about the scandalous scourage of prevailing hunger and the urgent need for a solution, nothing concrete was
The directorate of agriculture, Gujarat, has identified 200 farmers in five districts of the eastern tribal belt to encourage organic farming. Promotion of organic farming in the state is being
The government of Punjab announced the immediate withdrawal of free power and irrigation water subsidy to the agricultural sector on Wednesday. Farmers across the state will now have to pay Rs 60 per
First, rain caused numerous problems for the farmers. Then, it was the turn of the 'erroneous power supply' to harass them by making irrigation impossible. As if this is not enough, the farmers seem
A two-day national symposium was organized under the joint aegis of MP Agro Industries Development Corporation and Kailashnath Katju Horticulture College, Mandsaur, in Bhopal recently. State
The EU's price support system for its sugar producers has helped maintain particularly intensive farming methods with high environmental risks, a report commissioned by EU agriculture chiefs said.
The target for credit flow to agriculture in the Tenth Plan (2002-2007) is Rs 736570 crore. However, since the targets for the Ninth Plan (1997-2002) weren't meet, there is no automative reason why
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu instructed the district collectors to prepare contingency plans to suggest suitable crops to farmers in view of the recent rains throughout the
