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,
World Food Programme of UN has said that in Afghanistan due to drought about 40 lakh people living in regional and remote areas may be able to face acute food crisis. According to a report, WFP
Cotton farmers in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh have been passing through a crisis as the Cotton corporation of India officials have backtracked on the assurance of providing remunerative price
Scientists may still be racking their brains over its pros and cons and the government may have shown it the red signal. But BT cotton crop is here. Farmers from the Malwa region of Punjab who took
The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh has released a new white burley tobacco variety - named Swetha. This variety is resistant to black shank and mosaic pests
France and Germany last night surprised their European partners when they clinched an unexpected agreement to limit agricultural spending in the European Union after 2006 -breaking a deadlock that
An El Nino-induced drought that is forecast to cost the country 3.8 billion Australian dollars may halve grain production, according to analysts and traders. Australia will gather about 11.15 million
The summit meeting of the 15 European Union heads of Government concluded with a broad agreement to limit the Union's spending on subsidies to farmers better known as Common Agricultural Policy which
Biotech crops can reduce the need to plough, resulting in less erosion of topsoil and less air and water pollution, the Conservation Technology Information Centre concludes in a study presented at
Punjab is heating for a new record of paddy production despite drought. The state has already crossed the 100 lakh tonne mark. Starting from September, 107.28 lakh tonnes of paddy had arrived in
The Cairns group proposals on agriculture submitted to the World Trade Organisation mirror those of the US in calling for steep tariff cuts but ignoring the issue of domestic support . The
