EU edges closer to cuts on farm subsidies
It is the moment European Union farmers have been dreading for nearly four decades. "High level" representatives of farm ministers will start the first serious discussion at EU level of an idea which
It is the moment European Union farmers have been dreading for nearly four decades. "High level" representatives of farm ministers will start the first serious discussion at EU level of an idea which
An important set of environmental trials of genetically modified crops is in jeopardy because farmers fear that the crops will be targeted by environmental activists if they participate. Novartis, a
The Punjab Agricultural Univesity (PAU) has developed a new variety of rice, namely PR-114, which has extra long slender grains with good cooking quality, unversity officialls said here today. The
The owners of the Nagli Sakrawati dairy of Najafgarh, where about 100 buffaloes have died in the past few weeks, seem to be in for some relief. The city government has pressed various departments
The problem of availability of broiler type chicken meat in rural areas has been successfully addressed to by the Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP) by breding a bird suited for backyard
Dikshit tells babus to get their act together: The Delhi administration has finally reacted to the death of buffaloes due to protozoan infection of the blood in Nanagli Sakrawati Dairy Colony in
cows spared : Chief minister Keshubhai Patel's support extended to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's demand for a 'gau raksha mantralaya' (ministry for protection of cow and its progeny) at the dharma
Even as the tea industry seems headed for an all-time record crop this year, paucity of land for expansion and recurring floods are worrying planters. The state government is year to follow the
Tony Blair refused to bow down to mounting political demands for a three-year ban on the growth of genetically modified crops. William Hague, the Conservative leader, called for the moratorium until
The Centre today lifted the ban on export of onion with immediate effect in view of the good crop in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The decision will help in arresting the decline in prices in the open
Percy Scheiser, a farmer in central Canada has been growing canola for the valuable oil in its seeds. Now, he said, "for doing what I've always done," he is being sued by Monsanto Co., the
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) at Hisar has conferred Lifetime Achievement award on one of its former scientists, Mr Dhani Ram Vasudeva. The award, carrying a prize of
what's killing the buffaloes ? : The disease stalking the during-heaped lanes of the Nangli Dairy, area continues to take a toll of buffaloes. More than half-a-dozen buffaloes are dying each day.
India is still trying to build its case against the US patent to the Texan company Rice Tec Inc for basmati rice, commerce ministry sources said recently. An expert group formed by the government who
With the government likely to approve the commercial usage of transgenic varieties of crops by the year 2000, a host of ethical issues have cropped up. Matters concerning the traditional right of
Utterly butterly without being fattening ? Sounds impossible. Well, NRI scientist suresh Kumar Gulati has done the impossible: low fat-content butter. The Sydney-based Gulati's winning formula is
Uncertain future once again looms large over the potato farmers of West Bengal as the owners of cold storages in the state have decided to suspend bookings of the new crop unless the state government
With the government likely to approve the commerical usage of transgenic varieties of crops by the year 2000, a host of ethical issues have cropped up. Matters concerning the traditional right of
Tiny algae, which form a green scum layer on ponds, are the source of unique gene that can be transferred to crops to boost yields by 30 pr cent and reduce nitrogen fertiliser consumption by
The Indian Crop Protection Association (ICPA) has made a representation to the Centre, urging an early amendment to Section 9(4) of the Insecticides Act, 1968, which deals with the so-called "me too"