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,
Monsanto Co. MON.N has urged Brazil's southern soybean farmers to pay royalties for future use of the firm's Roundup Ready (RR) soy technology, even though it may still be banned in Brazil. The
India is signatory to many international treaties involving right to food. The Indian Constitution also indirectly refers to right to food. However, some of the worst violations of right to food can
Treated coconut wood is emerging as a substitute to hardwood in various applications especially for the middle and low income groups in the coconut-growing regions of the country. With the adopting
With traditional seed production turning out to be a low margin business despite the high volumes, agribiotech companies are turning to the production of bio-pesticide Amareshwara Agribio Tech is a
An amount of Rs 15 crore would be spent in Kangra district through an intensive dairy development project. This was disclosed by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S
Brazil's delegation may have been one of the few leaving the World Trade Organisation meeting in Cancun with some sense of achievement. The South American country, which led the Group of 21
The total crop area under Bt cotton the seed which is being developed and sold by the US based Monsanto company along the Mahyco, has increased in the Andhra Pradesh state this year notwithstanding
Genetically modified foods are reportedly being imported and marketed in the country freely due to the absence of any system for quality check. Standards have been prescribed for checking the
Americans still don't know much about genetically modified foods, even though increasing amounts of their food comes from biotech corn and soybeans, according to a poll released today by the
Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) has revised its earlier production estimates for cotton at about 11.2 million bales in 2003-2004 saying that sowing area has increased in the country.
