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,
SQL Star International Ltd has informed the BSE that the company has bagged an "e-agricultural marketing" project on a build-Own-Operate (BOO) basis, worth Rs 80 crore from the Madhya Pradesh
Farmers should have the final say in deciding whether or not to use genetically modified (GM) seeds to put an end to the environmental controversy regarding GM crops, said member of the Indian Seed
Genetically modified crops are safe to eat but scientists have more doubts over their long-term environmental impacts, according to the largest-ever review of the evidence surrounding agricultural
Eminent agricultural scientist Dr M S Swaminathan called for the setting up of
A vaccine developed by the department of microbiology, College of veterinary sciences, Tirupati, to 'blue tongue' disease in sheep was handed over by vice chancellor of Acharya NG Ranga agricultural
The Punjab (Pakistan) government decided to reduce power charge on agriculture tubewells in the province by up to 33 per cent and pay a subsidy of Rs480 million to Wapda for the purpose. The
The first annual meeting of the Ballava Krishak Sangha, Rangiya was held at the premises of Rangiya Teachers' Training College in Assam, with a day-long programme. Mr Paresh Das and Mr Prasanta
In a major policy measure aimed at preventing poor farmers from losing agriculture land in bad deals with buyers, the Karnataka state government has promulgated an ordinance virtually banning any
A committee of agriculture experts has been constituted to prepare a report on the recurrence of the "reddening disease" in cotton crop in its initial stages. The committee consists experts from the
Historic talks designed to give the EU's much-maligned common agricultural policy (CAP) the biggest overhaul in its 40-year history began yesterday with signs that France may, for the first time, be
