Govt plans study on wasteland
The Department of Wasteland Development in collaboration with the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad has commissioned a study for pricing information on the available wasteland in each
The Department of Wasteland Development in collaboration with the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad has commissioned a study for pricing information on the available wasteland in each
By the year 2020 India would need about 109 million tonnes of wheat to feed its population that would touch 1.3 billion mark by the time, this was stated by Dr S Nagarjan, Director, Wheat Research
The undue popularly given to terminator genes of multinational corporations has shrouded the real worth, relevance and applications of biotechnology in a developing, agrarian economy like India.
Zeneca, the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals business has struck an agreement with Monsanto, the St Louis based life science company, which will give it access to the rapidly growing US market for
US soyabean companies, trying to promote the "goodness of soya", are targeting Indian, a country where the 'sky is the limit' in terms of market potential, according to an official. At first sight,
With close to 10 per cent of Gujarat's total land area of 188 lakh hectares being cultivable wasteland, the prospect of growing crops on such land has often been experimented with. One such
A prolonged dry spell in Assam has triggered panic in the State's tea industry with officials and planters fearing the lack of rainfall will adversely affect production and quality of
The Gujarat Government has decided to set aside between seven and 10 lakh hectares of unutilised land for corporate farming. Disclosing this at a seminar on 'Corporate farming vis-a-vis contract
In Japan where food is considered most delicious when eaten raw or as close to its natural state as possible, genetically manipulated food is seen as synthetic, unwholesome and definitely
The Jammu and Kashmir Government is planning to open retail outlets of pesticides through the State Agro-Industries Development Corporation (SAIDC) and J & K Horticulture Produce and Marketing
The land under irrigation in Maharashtra has increased by six per cent, from 14 to 20 per cent of the total land, during the last four years, according to the Maharashtra irrigation minister, Mr
FAO : The rabbit is being projected by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as the perfect answer to demands for sustainable development schemes. "In developing countries, rabbits may
The Farmers Parliamentary Forum has decided to organise a state-wise 'kisan vartalap', with the objective of having direct interaction with farmers in a bid to know and understand their problems and
The 'potato revolution' was launched five months earlier by Kim Jong-il in the rugged northern region, where streams of refugees have fled across the border to China with horrific tales of hunger and
Rhobio, a joint venture between French drugs group Rhone-Poulenc and research firm Biogemma, said it had signed a research deal with Celera AgGen to seek out new maize genes. The three-year
The government has prepared a Rs 400 crore scheme to revamp the infrastructure for cattle breeding through artificial insemination. The scheme will help enhance the country's milk production, which
Coffee farmers on the slopes of this dormant volcano in western Nicaragua are turning their traditional farming methods into a marketing and profit edge in a new pilot project. In a cloud forest 700
The head of a government advisory panel on genetically modified (GM) foods has hotly denied she thought Britons were too ill-informed to be given the choice over whether to eat them. "I refute that
Huge stocks of paddy worth at least Rs 3,500 crore are rotting in different parts of Punjab with some rendered unfit for human consumption. The stocks date back to the 1992-93 procurement season.
Will genetic engineering help the hunger and poverty problem on the African continent? Although solving such issues would be high on the priority list for many African countries, claims from