Japan may revoke ban on Indian mango
Japan is likely to lift the ban on import of Indian managoes after India has successfully conducted vapour heat treatment to eliminate beetles present in the fruits, S M Acharya, joint secretary in
Japan is likely to lift the ban on import of Indian managoes after India has successfully conducted vapour heat treatment to eliminate beetles present in the fruits, S M Acharya, joint secretary in
UPOV is the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, an intergovernmental organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. The UPOV Convention gives exclusive patent-like protection to
Indian scientists have succeeded in developing transgenic cotton varieties, breaking US giant Monsanto's monopoly on genetically-engineered cotton seeds. Containing the fatal Bt gene derived from a
The rubber plantations in the north-eastern States are now under the attack of various diseases such as oidium SLF, pink and secondary lead fall.Mizoram, Assam and Meghalaya are the States where the
About 70% of South East Asia's people live in the countryside and farming remains a vital part of the economy. Last year, nature's biggest victims were Indonesia and Philippines, which in 1997 and
Punjab and Haryana, which form the bread basket of the country, are set to harvest a bumper wheat crop of 214.95 lakh tonnes against 202.60 lakh tonnes last year. This would offset the losses
Even though there are bright prospects of a bumper wheat crop in Uttar Pradesh, farmers' mood in the state is anything but buoyant. With the Food Corporation of India(FCI) yet to begin procurement of
The International Tea Convention is scheduled to take place in Kochi on September 6 and
A severe drought has hit both the northern and southern tea gardens of the country. This has jeopardised the production prospects for the current year. This year's output for March is expected to
The new strategy of the Punjab Government for the kharif season has been planned to maintain last year's production level of rice from the reduced area, through augumenting the per hectare
Farmers who lace animal feed with antibiotics to bulk up livestock and prevent infections are creating drug-resistant bacteria that could cause serious illnesses among humans, a Canadian medical
In a bid to control jhum cultivation and improve the economic conditions of the people in hilly areas, the Manipur Government has undertaken a programme of popularise tea as a horticulture
Drought is threatening Bangladesh's premier rice crop again after last year's devastating floods swept away millions of tonnes, a leading economist said. "Our hopes for a quick agricultural recovery
The arecanut farmers in Kerala are struggling to fight an unmanageable yellowing disease of the trees in the arecanut belt, which has cut down the crop by 50 per cent. The arecanut cultivation has
Drought is threatening Bangladesh's premier rice crop again after last year's devastating floods swept away millions of tonnes, a leading economist said on
The health department of Gujarat has seized 19.2 lakh banned oxytocin injections which are unauthorisedly sold to cattle owners to raise milk
Arable land in Bangladesh is fast depleting due to human settlement at an increasing rate every year. Human settlement specially for housing has been identified as the main reason for the contraction
The Chinese Prime Minister, Mr Zhu Rongji, began a visit to the USA, by today agreeing to lift a ban on citrus fruits from four US states and wheat from seven states. This agricultural agreement
The outbreak of the killer African horse sickness in Stellenbosch may have been started by horses brought in from the Free State to start tours of the winelands in horse-drawn vehicles. The man who
Increased salinity has spelt doom for thousands of farmers in villages like Tunda, Sirachi, Kandagara, Bhaliyam, Gundiyari, Tagdim, Dhrub and Navinal - along the Gulf of Kutch. Groundwater, which is