Developing and maintaining a secure and equitable water future underpins prosperity and peace for all. The relationship also works in the opposite direction, as poverty and inequality, social tensions,
Disputing the contention in a story titled "Bt cotton leads to losses" published in these columns, the Monsanto in a statement claimed that cultivation of Bt cotton was profitable. The company said
A study of two to five-year olds in the US has found that consumption of organic food can have a significant effect on children's pesticide exposure. The study, by scientists at the University of
Organically grown crops contain more healthy compounds than conventional crops, perhaps because they are not exposed to pesticides, U.S. researchers reported. Tests on organically and sustainably
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's government in West Bengal unveiled its agriculture policy draft avoiding the controversial expression "contract farming", but opening the door for corporate role in what it
China's rules on genetically modified food imports will not affect the grains trade, including soybean imports worth more than $1 billion annually, Minister of Agriculture Du Qinglin said. China will
Brazil is running out of time to find a legal way of marketing illegally grown soybeans in 2003 and faces a major fight in enforcing the ban next year, soy analysts, producers and traders said.
Finance minister Jaswant Singh withdrew the increase in fertiliser prices that was proposed in the Budget. The rollback will now cost the exchequer Rs 700 crore on top of the Rs 12700 crore budgeted
Members of the Opposition, especially Congress and Left parties thwarted the passing of a BJP-backed private member's resolution for a ban on cow slaughter on Tuesday by resisting a vote on it amid a
The situation on the agriculture front has worsened in this fiscal with food production placed at 183 million tons compared to 212 million tons produced in financial year 2001-02 (FY-02) showing a
An increase in Bt cotton acreage over the next few years will lead to 20-25% reduction in pesticide consumption, even if not a drastic reduction, the Rabobank study on biotech seeds has maintained.
