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,
Violating the Devangere (Karnataka) tahasildhar's and police orders that no buffalo should be sacrificed this year, three buffaloes were sacrificed in the Uramma festival which is held in Harihar
After a vast stretch of barren land, Pattanayakanahalli in Shira taluk of Tumkur district, Karnataka offers a welcome change. Lush green fields meet the eye as you enter the village and if you're
Many farmers from the Chowdepally village in Andhra Pradesh have successfully adopted eco-friendly farming technique 'vermicomposting' for not only enhancing quantity of yield, but also quality. By
The Bush administration recently announced that it is considering taking actin against the European Union because of its ban on imports of genetically modified foods. It's profoundly bad idea. As a
The Uttar Pradesh Government has introduced a contract farming system and now any entrepreneur can do contract farming. This will prove beneficial to both producers as well as to the industrialists.
Despite the prolonged recession and waning business confidence, the advanced technology accumulated by Japanese manufacturers has found a new, and rather unlikely, field to cultivate
U.S. wheat industry meetings this week will be dominated by fierce debate over genetically modified wheat produced by Monsanto Co., a biotech crop pioneer. The annual gathering of industry groups,
Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh said India would have to bargain hard to muster adequate support for its stand on the issues related to farm trade under the World Trade Organisation. Protection
Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha had shown exceptional skill last year when he presented a prima facie pro-farmer Budget even as he reduced the share of the agricultural sector in the overall
Taking genetic samples from the traditional Indian variety of rice called Jalmagna in Ayodhya, Filipino scientists have developed a "dream rice" that they claim is an answer to malnutrition. The
