Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
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
First, farmers across Gujarat plumped for the illegal Navbharat Bt cotton seed, preferring it to the official Mahyco seed. Now, it turns out that an official committee of the Gujarat State Government
Ranbaxy Laboratories has refuted the allegations made by the Chairperson of National Egg Coordination Committee regarding the premeire pharmaceutical company selling imported vaccines to poultry
At least 25 calves have died from a diseases identified as bring caused by FMD virus at Sanosara village in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, even as medical teams across the district and state have
The controversy over the genetically modified Bt Cotton has taken a new turn with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture debunking the claims about its efficacy. It has asked the
Brazil's environmental protection agency, Ibama, said last week it was seeking to halt the release of 17,800 tonnes of genetically modified Argentine corn from the port of Recife earmarked for
On the completion of the irrigation reforms programme, there would be 100 per cent increase in the crop production in Pakistan, said Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Marcel Kurpershoek. He was talking
Concerned over the plight of drought-hit farmers, Telugu Desam Party joined the Opposition in Lok Sabha in demanding immediate steps like waiver of entire interest on farm loans, easy credit
The Sirmaur Agriculture Department hs planned t prepare 60 plots at different parts of the district to sow disease-free seeds of ginger. The land has een identified to grow disease-free
