PM' plan to help farmers
The Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today announced a five-point programme to boost food-processing and agro-based industries for ensuring farmers' prosperity through maximisation of value
The Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today announced a five-point programme to boost food-processing and agro-based industries for ensuring farmers' prosperity through maximisation of value
The Cabinet Secretary, Mr Prabhat Kumar, on Saturday admitted to the government's "lack of advance planning" to deal with the issue of phenomenal price rise of essential commodities. Ta make "real
For several years now, integrated pest management (IPM) as an effective alternative to the use of chemical pesticides has been propagated, but ironically its translation into practice reaches a
Farmers in Victoria's Wimmera district have lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops to a disastrous late October frost. While the extent of the damage is only now becoming apparent, it is
Rice experts at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) have opposed the large scale import of hybrid rice seed for three years. "It is an unwise decision to import a big volume of hybrid rice
The dairy industry is failing to maintain milk's place in children's diets by emphasizing only its nutritional benefits and the industry should look for ways to promote milk as an attractive drink
The World Bank has questioned the validity of a multi-million dollor agricultural project in Nepal unless the government-run project makes a faster progress. Hans Rothenbuhler, the Country Director
Despite unseasonal rains, the sugarcane production in Maharashtra is expected to surpass the target and create a problem of plenty. The Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Federation is already
The $6-billion Monsanto Enterprises will introduce a technology, called conservation tillage, for farmers which will help maintain land fetility. Monsanto, which had entered India 20 years ago, is
The Coffee Board has asked renowned Dutch breeder Vander Vossen to study the breeding programme and suggest ways of improving the quality and yield of Indian coffee and to renview the ongoing
A prominent American biologist yesterday suggested that Thailand should launch a labelling law requiring producers to inform the public of their genetically-altered foods so that consumers have a
Burma, once the rice bowl of Asia, is renewing efforts to revive its languishing agricultural industry by developing large production zones for rice for export and enlisting foreign expertise and
Organically grown cotton is evincing much interest though it currently accounts for only a fraction of the total amount of cotton consumed in the country. Indian farmers have started tuning to
A Punjab Government study reveals that there has been a spurt in the suicides in Punjab following the end of terrorism-related violence in 1992-93 . The suicide rate is the highest among the
Sugarcane farmers in Tamil Nadu, under the auspices of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association, may launch a 'stop cane cutting' agitation, demanding a hike in the state-advised procurement price for
The Kerala State Government has sanctioned Rs. 3.5 crores to the districts for control of infestation of parasite mites causing the shrivelling disease in
Less than half Thailand's paddy fields will be farmed in the coming season as the Kingdom faces one of the worst water shortages ever, warn irrigation officials. Water levels in the country's dams
While authorities in Punjab's grain markets are now procuring paddy as per the new relaxed norms of the Union government, thousands of farmers who sold their produce (estimated around 20 lakh tons)
Pesticides Association of India (PAI) has sought a revision of the Union and state government policies on use of pesticides in agriculture. PAI Secretary S K Tannan told The Financial Express on
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant of US$500 thousand to help the Nepal government to prepare a Crop Diversification Project, an ADB press release issued said.