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,
On 25th April 2003, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee rejected a proposal to commercialise Bt cotton in Punjab and other northern States. The rejection has come in the wake of the Research
The holy cos is doing Bharat Mata proud. India will become the fastest growing milk economy in the world this year. Already the single biggest doodh producer
Goa must be the only state in the country where people have senselessly rejected agriculture as a means of occupation. If during Liberation of Goa, 60% of Goans earned their livelihood by toiling the
Samadhan Yojna launched by Madhya Pradesh State Government to benefit the farmers yielded appreciable results. Out of 11000 electric pump farmer subscribers, 7500 subscribers would receive the
The recent changes in the fertiliser pricing policies will benefit fertiliser manufacturers who are cost competitive, technologically efficient and enjoy economies of scale, according to Fitch
Though a demand-supply gap was envisaged in the Bt cottonseed availability in the first year of its commercialisation, the calculations appear to have misfired. Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Ltd
Wheat Streak Mosaic virus capable of wiping out grain crops and dicovered in two Australian cities poses "no immediate threat" to the nation's A$10-billion ($6.2 billion) grains industry, the
Cow's urine sprayed just once a week drives away the deadly white flies responsible for heavy damage to cotton, according to a report in Natural Product Radiance, a journal published by the Council
As many as 3,220 agriculture officers, doctors, farmers, field assistants and pesticide dealers will be imparted training in safe use of pesticides. In a statement issued, the EDO, agriculture, and
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, scientists have achieved a break-through in developing an
