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 Delhi government will soon set up five model farms where vegetables, fruits and flowers will be grown all round the year in controlled conditions. Experts from the Indian Agricultural Research
In a significant development, the commercial release of Bt cotton (MECH-915) in northern India was rejected by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee(GEAC), the apex environmental body of the
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), unanimously rejected the proposal for commercial cultivation in north India of a new variety of Bt cotton developed by Mahyco Seed Company in
The Pakistan government considers development of agriculture sector as a top priority and researchers should work to develop agricultural growth rate to meet the ever increasing food requirements of
A high-level meeting expressed its concern over the damage of agriculture land due to sewerage water in and around the Gujranwarla (Pakistan). The meeting was presided over by Provincial Food
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad has developed a new high yield CLCuV resistant and heat tolerant cotton variety, NIAB-999.
The GPU-28 ragi variety developed by the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, has achieved a rare distinction. The drought-resistant ragi variety, which was developed in 1998 at a research
The U.S. government's oversight of biotech crops once they have been approved is inadequate and has potential vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Pew Initiative on Food and
The government has, for the moment, shut the door on transgenic crops. The inter-departmental Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has rejected the case for commercialising transgenic cotton
The Prime Minister set up a four-member committee to sort out problems of sugarcane growers particularly from Uttar Pradesh, but tunred down Miss Mayawati's demand to immediately empower states to
