FAO to provide vegetable seeds to flood-hit farmers
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide vegetable seeds to marginal farmers in Bangladesh to grow vegetables in the aftermath of flood. About 25 metric tons of improved variety of
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide vegetable seeds to marginal farmers in Bangladesh to grow vegetables in the aftermath of flood. About 25 metric tons of improved variety of
Environmental groups hailed a French decision to suspend the distribution of genetically altered corn seeds. The suspension, ordered by the council of state, will be in force pending an assessment of
India has banned the import of crop seeds containing the controversial Terminator gene, but farm experts and activists say this is not enough to protect the rights of millions of farmers that
The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) is planning cultivation of hybrid varieties of coconut seedlings resistant to the dreaded root wilt disease. The hybrid varieties,
The Centre has released Rs 46.2173 crore out of its total share of 146.7426 crore for the six on going-schemes for boosting crop production. The Centre decided to continue the six schemes with a view
The Himachal Pradesh State Governemnt has earmarked Rs 1 crore for a crop insurance scheme to cover such crops which have not been covered by the Centre's
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Peshawar has released a new wheat variety named "Fakhr-e-Sarhad", which is completely resistant to rusts
: The Punjab government has sought the assistance of various national research organisations including Forestry Research Institute, Peshawar to cope with the problem created by the diseases affecting
Brazil has broken its historic ban on genetically engineered crops by approving Monsanto's transgenic Roundup Ready soybean seeds. The decision will open up the world's second largest soybean
A new study urges an overhaul of Japan's farming laws in view of expanding food imports and dwindling farm population, but the prime minister's advisory committee sidestepped a key international
The government is working towards evolving a scheme for crop insurance and incentives for farmers to boost stagnant oilseeds output, civil supplies minister of state Satyapal Singh Yadav, said
The Zimbabwe government may be forced to rethink its policy on land redistribution after donors attending a three day conference made clear they were not prepared to fund the programme. When the
Should we care that there are now fewer than 1,000 Arvana-Kazakh dromedary camels in Kazakhstan, or only 900 Yakut cattle left in Siberia? The Food and Agriculture Organisation, based in Rome, thinks
Andhra Bank would introduce "specilised" banking in Punjab. An agri card would be launched in Punjab to ensure ready and timely credit to
The superstition that girls who attain puberty do not augur well for crops is making farmers employ a large number of minor girls as agricultural labour in the cotton seed farms of the backward
The British countryside is under threat from the collapse in farm incomes, according to the National Farmer's Union and leading environmental groups. Numbers of rare flowers, birds and butterflies
The North Eastern Council (NEC) , the apex planning body for North-East India, is likely to create a revolving fund to bail out ailing livestock breeding frms in Meghalaya and Assam to ensure
Gujarat is to set up a Rs 25- cr farm produce secured fund to safeguard interest of the farmers. The fund would act as a buffer in the event of the price
Monday's downpour which was accompanied by high velocity winds dampened the standing paddy crop at many places. A considerable loss of yield is expected. Mechanical harvesting will get quite
Contrary to the government's expectations that a bountiful post-monsoon harvest would substantially rein in the current inflationary levels, latest estimates of foodgrain output made by the