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,
When asked with regard to the Bt cotton, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is all for the starting of sowing of Bt cotton in this region, said that the first report made available to him
Enthused by the success of Kuppam Agricultural Project (KAP) in Chittoor district using Israeli dry-land farming technologies, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to replicate the model in
While the international debate on the pros and cons of Genetically Modified (GM) foods on human health continues, and experts remain divided on the issue, Nepal is taking up a
Paramjit Singh came to the Capital today along with thousands of women from far-flung villages of the country, asking for universalisation of the public distribution system (PDS) and cheap
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pulled up Food Corporation of India for inept vigilance system, discrepancies leading to procurement of sub-standard paddy and losses in handling and
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), along with ikisan.com of the city-based Nagarjuna group, would be setting up 100 Internet kiosks in 9 States under the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC).
Notwithstanding the shortage of water, which is natural and not artificial, the crop production has increased and we will have a bumper crop of wheat this year. This was stated by Pakistan
The Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute has developed a new wheat variety, Ufaq-2002, through tissue culture. This was told to the participants in a training course held here at the Ayub
The Government has rejected a proposal for the release of genetically modified Bt Cotton seeds in north India. The proposal by Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co (MAHYCO), in which US Biotech major Monsanto
The Delhi High Court today ordered the Delhi government and civic agencies to rid the city of stray cattle within a year or face serious action. The government, MCD Commissioner, NDMC Chairman have
