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 Budget session is unlikely to see the passing of a bill to ban cow slaughter throughout the country and the unresolved issue of the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, not being recognised by the
Perturbed over the persistent field reports of 'failure' of Bt cotton crop, the Centre has asked the States to immediately send an official assessment on the performance of the country's crop. The
The collective farming (group farming0 of Oil palm was formally launched in the fields of Association of Gaonkars of Sarzora-Salcete recently by Agriculture Minister, Dayanand
In an effort to make Nepal's legislative framework compatible with the World Trade Organisation (WTO),the government is mulling tomake yet another amendment to the Food Act of 2023, which has already
Advisor to the National Commissioner, Supreme Court of India, Dr Mihir Shah in a letter to Chief Minister Digvijay Singh apprised of the grave food situation in the Chambal region districts of
ITC Ltd plans to create a trust against through which business enterprises both in the private and public sector can contribute to providing a range of critical services to the Indian farmer,
Andhra Pradesh and Punjab are looking at initiating contract research programmes with the International Food Policy and Research Institute based in Washington DC, USA, to fill the gaps in information
Even as the strange viral infection among egg laying hens has spread from Barwala poultry belt to poultry farms in Punjab, various government livestock health agencies have failed to isolate and
Though cotton sowing season is about to start shortly in Punjab, but not any Bt cotton variety has been approved for sowing in the state till date. In fact, lot of confusion prevails in the official
Performance reports from southern and central states on three hybrids of Bt cotton that have just come in, will provide the backdrop for a meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
