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,
The food ministry proposes to extend the facility of getting wheat and rice at subsidised rates of Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg, respectively, to an additional 10 million poverty-stricken families. This will
Wheat crop, threatened by abnormally hot weather in December, has improved after widespread winter rains and a drop temperatures across the key growing northern and central states, officials and
The Punjab Animal Husbandry Department is all set to revolutionise the concept of poultry farming by providing low cost, disease-resistant and genetically engineered chickens which can be kept in
Dr Hemoprova Saikia, Minister for Handloom, Textile and Sericulture while distributing financial aid to 79 muga rearers at the rate of Rs 2,650 each and muga reeling-cum-twisting machines (worth Rs
An awareness programme on jhum cultivation and environment conservation sponsored by the State Council of Science, Techonology & Environment, Meghalaya, was organised recently by Gramin Vikash
Promoting genetically engineered crops as a solution to world hunger is simply a means for corporates to control the world's food supply for profits. Once the power of growing food is cornered and
The Rural Development Department has taken up an ambitious project of setting up an agriculture reserve in 8,000 hectares of waste land along the Solengi river in Assam in Pub Chaiduar development
Teams from the Union agriculture ministry have begun fanning out to all states affected by lack of rain in the month-long exercise to update its crop fore case reports. The teams will also prepare
Makers of genetically modified crops have avoided answering questions and submitted erroneous data on federal applications aimed at ensuring the safety of bio-engineered foods before they are
The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi has written to the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee complaining about the "over centralisation" of the procedure to allocate foodgrain to drought affected
