Large part of food aid goes to Asia this year
A large part of food aid granted worldwide this year will go to Asia, which will need up to five million tones largely due to problems in Indonesia and North Korea, the UN Food and Agriculture
A large part of food aid granted worldwide this year will go to Asia, which will need up to five million tones largely due to problems in Indonesia and North Korea, the UN Food and Agriculture
Sugercane growers on the state's side of the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, who were on the verge of burning their yield this season with no way to dispose, have a sigh of relief as the neighbouring
Farm experts and scientists have expressed grave concern over the problem of water-logging and stagnation of crop yield. Speaking at a workshop of farm officers and scientists, the vice-Chancellor
Rio de Janeiro has debuted a radical programme to sterilise its hordes of unwanted pets, sending a roving minivan called the 'castramobile' into the streets. Residents and animal protection groups
A group of voluntary organisations, involved in documenting data on the process and methods adopted by Monsanto company in conducting field trials on BT cotton in various parts of the state, on
Genetically modified soyabeans could account for most of the crop in the US this year, according to the American Soyabean Association. The acceptance of GM crops in the US contrasts starkly with the
The Government has not accorded any approval for entry of Terminator gene technology into India and has already initiated measures to restrict its entry in the country, the Industry Minister Mr.
The Pesticide Association of India has in separate representations to the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan opposed the proposed ban on the spraying of pyrethroids on the cotton crop in
Farmers having their land holdings across the Ravi opposite Makaura Ferri in Barial Bulge are a worried lot in view of continuous erosion in the area due to fast currents of the Ravi. The matter has
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a programme to create a nation-wide information network by connecting together all the research centres, farm universities and
The government is initiating a series of steps on the basis of the recommendations of a study group constituted by it, to ensure that things do not come to such a pass in the future again to force
The US-based chemicals and life sciences major, DuPont, today formally launched its global soyabean herbicide, "Kloben," in India. The herbicide, which is already "highly tested and widely used" by
Farm ministers resumed talks on curbing agricultural subsidies in the European Union after France won a major concession from Germany that governments will not have to pick up part of the cost of
The American Soybean Association (ASA) welcomed news that German joint venture AgrEvo had delayed sales of the Liberty soybean seed to U.S. farmers, which was initially planned for the spring of
Under the World Bank project, 10,000 hectares would be brought under rubber in Tripura by the year 2000. The total area under rubber in the north-east is about 45,000 hectares, and the Rubber Board's
A legal challenge to a fundamental premise of the bio-technology industry - the patentability of modified plants - is setting off a wave of fear inside big agriculture companies. An lowa seed
Wheat output in Asia is likely to fall about 1 million tonnes, short of the targeted 19 million tonnes, mostly due to drought in China. Paddy production is estimated to fall by about 4 million tonnes
Following in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March to protest against unjust British laws on salt, activists will launch a beej yatra(seed march) on Friday to draw attention to World Trade
The Himachal Pradesh Government has chalked out an ambitious programme to make this well-known "apple state " a fruit bowl of the country through diversifying into horticulture in a big way. The aim
Pune-based researchers have developed a DNA-based method to distinguish between female and male Papaya plants at an early stage which can greatly help Papaya farmers. Sex of "dioecisous" variety of