Rs 72 cr for wasteland project in TN
The Tamil Nadu Government would implement a Rs. 72.24-crore wasteland improvement project, covering 1,11,756 hectares, the State Agriculture Minister, Mr. Veerapandi S. Arumugam, announced in the
The Tamil Nadu Government would implement a Rs. 72.24-crore wasteland improvement project, covering 1,11,756 hectares, the State Agriculture Minister, Mr. Veerapandi S. Arumugam, announced in the
Scientists in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have successfully bred 13 blue sheep through artificial insemination after 16 years of research on improving strains of wild animals
Greenpeace International recently scrored victory on account of two developments in the area of genetically modified free food supply. One of them was regarding Monsanto, which announced that it had
With public granaries already full, the prospects of a record foodgrain harvest this year-- breaching the 200 million tonne mark-- may pose problems for the country's food managers in the next few
Casting a wary eye over a rack of glistening fowl adorning a Chinatown restaurant window, Brian Hinton scratched his chin and gave voice to the British public's deep suspicion about what ends up
The trial began of seven environmentalists charged with damaging a genetically modified sugar-beet crop in Ireland last June. The case is the first of its kind in Ireland and comes after similar
Delhi University (DU) scientists have claimed that they have perfected a method by which ecologically degraded areas like exhausted mines and desertified lands can be covered with green vegetation
Use of oxytocin injections, a human female hormone to draw more on large scale milk from cows and buffaloes is causing grave concern to the Haryana government.
Large-scale unauthorised trade in Oxytocin injections, used by farmers to increase milk yield of cattle, has been unearthed in Gujarat.
Member nations of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) have agreed to exchange varieties of rice, wheat and maize for research purposes. The genetic material of the three crops,
The Union commerce ministry has permitted virginia tobacco growers of Karnataka to market their unauthroised cultivated stocks of 1998 tobacco season, following representation by the Tobacco Board.
The National Insitute of Sericulture and Entomological Science in Japan said it has extracted a plant-mold substance that acts as a natural herbicide. The substance, from an infectious modl that
Clyde Stephens, banana expert from the US, visiting Nepal as a Winrock International, Farmer to Farmer Programme volunteer, handed over 135 tissue cultured banana to Nepal Agricultural Research
The draft agriculture policy has been reviewed by the Prime Minister long back and has already been sent to the state governments for seeking their concurrence. The draft policy will be tabled in
Britain's biggest farmer has decided not to take part in proposed new field trials of genetically modified crops. "Few people would disagree that what is required are properly conducted scientific
The total foodgrain production in 1998-99 is likely to fall short of te target by over 3 million tonne, according to the latest provisional advance estimates of the agriculture ministry. The pulses
The Australian Department of Agriculture will conduct an inquiry into a potentially devastating outbreak of Queensland fruit fly in the Sunraysia region after three flies and larvae were discovered
Rhono-Poulenc Agro has said it had signed a research agreement with the Singapore-based Institute of Molecular Agro-biology(IMA) on genetic engineering of disease resistance in
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan plans to lift the ban on imports from the U.S. of five varieties of apples and two types of cherries. The ministry finalized last week
Even as farmers' protests against multinational companies are increasing, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) met in Bengkok, Thailand, last week to work on an agenda to make Asian governments enact