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,
As a step towards easing the burden of farmers, the Agriculture Ministry (Sri Lanka) has purchased more than five million Kilos of paddy from the yala harvest. The Ministry purchasing centres in
The Karnataka Government's efforts in the last few days to come to grips with the problem of suicide by farmers by eliciting the views and suggestions of experts from different fields and noted
A Brazilian court this week knocked down a rulign that lifted a ban on the planting and sale of Monsanto Co. MON.N transgenic soy, after an appeal by Greenpeace and other groups that oppose its use.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) backed a call by the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised states for more flexibility in exchange rates, at the start of the IMF's annual meeting with the World
Sangrur district is all set to top in paddy production in the state, thanks to a bumper crop due to good and timely rains and sufficient power supply. In the past four consecutive seasons too, the
The Madhya Pradesh government announced that about 10 lakh farmers as well as 10-12 lakh people living below the poverty line would enjoy remission of their electricity bill payments pertaining to
Support to rice research was declined due to international conflicts, ever increasing focus on African countries and changes in national policies of donor countries in recent years, said Dr Ronald P
When they are not braving the enemy shells, these 'Bagair Bharti Ke Sipahi," as the residents of village Kotla Camp call themselves, are busy eking a livelihood out of hard labour. In view of
Maharashtra farmers travel for the fields of their dreams . The farmers of Maharashtra didn't need Chandrababu Naidu to tell them Israel was the Promised Land. Long before the Government task force
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has decided to lease out the vacant land falling in submergence area of various irrigation reservoirs and to grant permission to farmers to cultivate crops of their choice
