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,
Indian farmers face a major problem relating to what they actually produce. According to Director-General Mangala rai of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the country's post-harvest
Local or national governments cannot ban farmers from planting genetically modified crops, the European Commission said yesterday, supporting those farmers who want to embrace the controversial
During the last couple of years, direct health benefits of nutritional improvement is claimed as a major benefit of Genetically Modified(GM) foods. About 46 transgenic crops are under development in
For long farmers have seen rodents, middlemen and even nature gobble down a considerable fraction of their produce. After going through an intense check on good quality seeds, careful fertilisation
The committee set up by the ministry of environment to monitor and verify the performance of Bt Cotton seeds across the country has expressed concern at the production of spurious Bt cotton seeds in
Andhra Pradesh, from being a predominantly "black cotton soils' tobacco growing state, has a range of cigarette type tobaccos, though an effective partnership between farmers, ITC Ltd, the Tobacco
Genetically modified crops pose a verylow risk to human health and foods derived from them are probably as safe as those made from conventional varieties, a major British scientific study has
Better science and tougher regulation are needed to police genetically modified crops in the UK, the government's science review of agri-biotechnology said. Current GM foods appeared safe to eat but
The growing tensions between the US and Europe over genetically modified food are often portrayed as a conflict between attitudes to science. Americans are said to have faith in regulation based on
Of all Indian products primed for export, this one may be the most unlikely. Yet the Japanese are lapping up mandua (finger millet, or ragi, as it is known in the south) and, if all goes according to
