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,
Canadian Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew said this week there is no scientific evidence to support the European Union's five-year-old ban on new genetically modified foods. "We want them to apply
The European Commission said this week it was prepared to work on a new trade deal with Canada, just as the country backed a U.S. attack on the EU's policy on genetically modified foods in a trade
Drawing inspiration from a two-year European Union-sponsored Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme in cotton fields, farmers in several remote villages of Raichur, Bagalkot and Bellary districts
The annual group meeting of the All India Coordinated Research Programme on Weed Control was held recently, in the Jorhat campus of Assam Agricultural University, according to a press release. The
The Chhattisgarh government has sought a Rs 400 crore loan from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to finance construction of roads, bridges and irrigation projects.
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Unicef will jointly develop a state-specific action plan for the 'clean milk production programme' for implementation in five years through co-operative
To encourage farmers to take to cash crops instead of the traditional wheat and paddy crops, the district administration, in coordination with the Agriculture Department, has decided to organise
The Government has decided to increase the financial relief for gaushalas in the cow belt to Rs 40 crores, the Union Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, said while handing over cheques amounting to Rs
The control of the diamond black moth in cabbage crops has long been a challenge for scientists and farmers. Over the last three-four decades, many chemical pesticides have made spectacular promises
The Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, has launched the country's first course on organic farming, according to a university release. The one-year post-graduate
