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 Andhra Pradesh high court directed the authorities to grant 'pattas' to the tribals of a panchayat in Visakhapatnam district for the lands being cultivated by them. Justice VVS Rao gave the
Farmer preference for illegal genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds will force Grupo Espirito Santo (GES), a top Paraguay agribusinesses, to stop producing conventional seed this year, a senior
The agricultural production is badly affected in several villages near here due to the near-defunct state of a sluice gate at Barbairagi village in Assam. The sluice gate was constructed many years
The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has come up with a special scheme to encourage agricultural cooperatives in Assam. The corporation will soon set up a resource centre in Assam
Agriculture Minister V.S. Koujalagi has opined that the much hyped genetically modified Bt-cotton, which has courted controversy in the State on account of its alleged environmental impact, is no
After Chief Minister Narendra Modi made it known that agriculture ought to get prominence to boost Gujarat's economy, a strange euphoria seems to have gripped his colleagues. State agriculture
Hundreds of sheep fall victim to a mysterious disease within one and half months at Achuthanvayal, Tamil Nadu and the surrounding areas causing panic among farmers. The district government veterinary
The Chennai declaration
The world's most widely grown genetically engineered crops
A consignment of 1000 tonnes of corn-soya blend from the US was stopped by the Indian Government on ground that it may contain unapproved genetically modified (GM) material. The importing agencies
