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,
In a bid to curb the trend of farmers resorting to suicides due to the impact of drought, the Karnataka State Cabinet decided to give more authority as well as responsibility to village panchayats in
After farmers of Punjab, it is now the turn for the farmers of Uttar Pradesh to demand mandatory procurement of paddy for the Central pool at the declared minimum support prices
The Centre proposes to amend the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) Act to thwart attempts being made by foreign companies to obtain intellectural property
If farmers across the country can get back to growing Khesari dal in the near future, they will have one man to thank. Long labelled a
Mushroom farmers now have a protective umbrella over their heads. Scientists at the National Research Centre for Mushroom (NRCM) here have developed a cryopreservation technique that will help
An Israeli firm with pioneering expertise in drip irrigation has tied up with ICICI Bank to facilitate loans for drip irrigation projects in India. Following the announcement, other banks, including
Members of a farmers' organisation stormed multinational seed company Monsanto's office on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus. They ransacked the greenhouse and damaged bags of seeds and
The Karnataka state government has decided to seek the help of gram panchayats to counter the increasing farmer suicides. The gram panchats will be asked to suggest alternative employments for
Globally there is a 40 per cent decline in the support for agricultural research, according to Dr. Ronald P. Cantrell, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
Scientists are developing rice varieties, which can grow in almost similar conditions, as needed for wheat - that is less of water, a top rice scientist said. Work was being done on 'aerobic' rice,
