Govt acts to stop entry of Terminator seeds
The Government has initiated technological and legislative measures to stop the entry of dangerous crop materials such as Terminaor seed in India. The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and
The Government has initiated technological and legislative measures to stop the entry of dangerous crop materials such as Terminaor seed in India. The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and
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 today. An expert group formed by the Government to
In a landmark judgement benefitting about 1.5 crore canegrowers of UP, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed all the 118 sugar mills in the state to pay cane prices to farmers
The Chinese government and Japanese companies are working to transform organic farming in China from a budding niche industry into a major export earner for China and primary source of organic
In a move which may well negate India's efforts to protect its genetic biodiversity , the world's largest rice company, the US-based Uncle Ben's has begun selling basmati in collaboration with the
The High-tech doodhwallahs are coming, The Israel Dairy Board and the Punjab government are close to signing a $26-million agreement to set up industrial dairy farms in Punjab. The Israelis are also
The Malabar regional Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (MRCMPU), the north Kerala arm of Milma, is organising an international seminar here on 'integrated approach for animal health care' from
In what is perhaps the largest proposal to "corporatise' commercial farming in Karnataka, the Reliance group plans to invest a total of Rs. 110 crores to "develop"cashew plantations across 10,000
A green revolution is gathering momentum in Kerala with 1,000 schools taking lead in vegetable cultivation, thanks to the state government's novel scheme to end its dependence on neighbouring states
A dreaded plant disease known as "gynoderma" which took a heavy toll of betelnut trees of private gardens has caused wide spread concern among the betelnut growers of Dudhnoi and its adjoining
Biotechnology can help feed an increasing world population : Biotechnology is a powerful tool to feed an increasing world population, but its "positive and negative potential" should be carefully
The North Bengal branch of Tea Association of India ( TAI) has urged the West Bengal government to allot degraded forest land to the tea industry to achieve the production growth rate at Nagrakata
Terminator genes could mean big biotech bucks-but big trouble too. For all the heat Monsanto is taking, the company did not create Terminator. The technology was developed by the USDA and a
Chinese scientists will expand trans-genic vegetable seed production to 20 hectares in Beijing's Daxing County this year. Sources at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China top scientific
Chief ministers have shown interest in it. Agriculture ministers have approved of it. Experts see it as the most appropriate technology. And quite a few farmers have benefited from it. Yet bioculture
The birth of the country's first lamb from a frozen embryo has been reported by the Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (CSWRI) at Avikanagar near Jaipur. Scientists used a technique called
The recent order to agricultural market committees to earmark funds from their budgetary allocation for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's pet programme Neeru-Meeru has caused
The National Institute of Animal Industry in Japan said it has developed a way to prevent oxidation and the loss of color of beef by administering vitamin E to cattle before they are slaughtered. The
In view of the perpetual short supply of tomato in Punjab Hindustan Level Ltd., which has already taken over the Pepsi Food's hi-tech processing plants in Jalandhar and McDowell's Kisan brand, has
Recent research in the lab of Biological Sciences Professor Sharon Long, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has identified new genes that appear to help guide beneficial bacteria during