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,
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved a scheme for allotment of cultivable ravines to villagers. The land would be allotted free of cost to those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, addressing the Agriculture Summit
Agriculture secretary R C A Jain said the agriculture sector could clock a healthy annual growth of 4 per cent in the Tenth Plan despite a depressed 2.06 per cent growth in the ninth Plan. Jain said
A model contract farming law will be framed shortly which will enable a partnership between farmers and industry and lead to increase agriculture in India. This was stated by Ajit Singh, minister for
Foodgrain production during the current rabi season may drop by over 7% from last year's 100.5 million tonnes due to poor post-monsoon rains. Production of pulses during the rabi season is expected
The government will soon come out with a model contract farming law which will enable contract farming to be carried out by corporates in India, according to Union minister for agriculture Ajit
The Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, on Thursday hit out against high interest rates for lending in the agriculture sector and defended subsidies at the input level. "Loans for tractors
Brazilian Agriculture Minister, Mr Roberto Rodrigues, said that producers of conventional soyabeans would also have to bear the cost of certifying their beans as GM-free. "It begins with the
The Bihar Government has ordered a probe into the failure of the Monsanto's 'Kargil 900m' maize crop, which was cultivated over 1.4 lakh hectares in the state. Lured by the promise of high yield - 80
Protecting the U.S. food supply against bioterrorist attacks would be simple, says Marion Nestle, chair of the Nutrition and Food Studies department at New York University and author of the newly
