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,
A section of basmati rice exporters and research scientists have expressed concern over the use of biotechnology for creating transgenic varieties. Dr B. Mishra, Project Director, Directorate of Rice
In tune with the changing needs, 99 cotton varieties are likely to be de-notified by the Union Government. A move towards this has been made with the All-India Co-ordinated Cotton Improvement Project
The five-day International Coconut Summit 2003 here has emphasised the need for comprehensive plans for tapping the vast and diverse potential of the coconut sector as an industry. Each and every
B Mishra, the project director of the Directorate of Rice Research (DRR), Hyderabad, has called upon rice researchers to exercise self-restraint in pursuing transgenic research on basmati rice, part
Caught in a cycle of debt and crop failures, hundreds of farmers in and around Kanpur have threatened to commit suicide. The farmers, who face burgeoning loans, are being chased by tehsil revenue
Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative Ltd (IFFDC) has bagged IMC Diamond Jubilee Endowment Trust Award, 2002, titled "Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development Award" of Indian Merchants'
Soyabean varieties resistant to Asian rust fungus could be on sale in Brazil's main producer States in time for the 2004-05 harvest, researchers said. The highly contagious, wind-spread disease was
Wars and the UN sanctions that followed Saddam's invasion of Kuwait have left deep scars on Iraq. Wars have destroyed Iraq's lush date farms and thriving date industry, deprived farmers of a
Despite reports of unimpressive performance last year and strong lobbying by national green groups against it, Bt cotton seed is in high demand in AP. Farmers are making heavy bookings for the seed
The U.S. has indicated that it may withhold some of the food consignment it plans to send to impoverished North Korea unless Pyongyang allows international aid workers far more access to the country
