Some genes able to 'escape' modified crops
The debate about the ecological risks of genetically modified crops is likely to be fuelled by research that suggests that it may be easier for certain genes to "escape" from genetically engineered
The debate about the ecological risks of genetically modified crops is likely to be fuelled by research that suggests that it may be easier for certain genes to "escape" from genetically engineered
The Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation has launched an ambitious Centrally-sponsored Haryana Women's Dairy Project costing Rs 4.48 crore. The project would benefit about 10,000 women
FM : Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha announced that a new crop insurance scheme would be evolved in the next two months to bring farmers uncovered by the scheme in its fold. Addressing a press
The La Nina weather effect wiped out part of Australia's sugarcane crop this week when unseasonal cyclonic wind and rain lashed coastal areas in Australia's sugar state Queensland, blowing over and
A proposed commercial livestock rearing programme on the Veterinary Services Department's land in the peninsula this year has been put on hold. Department director-general Datuk Dr Hadi Hashim said
The leaf curl virus has become a potential threat to the cotton crop in Haryana . To assess the damage caused by this disease, a team of cotton scientists of CCS Haryana agricultural University and
A super high-yielding hybrid rice whose per-hectare output may be 20 percent higher than the present hybrids will be born in China by 2000. As a result of breakthroughs in breeding technology, the
Austrlia's $1.7 billion sugar industry, half-way through harvesting what should have been a record cane crop, has been devastated by near-cyclonic rain and wind in the state of Queenland, grower
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bansi Lal, recently launched a comprehensive programme to improve the Murrah breed of buffaloes. This incentive-oriented programme which aims at preserving, improving
A three-year project to genetically engineer rice proteins to resist major fungal diseases in the rice crop, will be carried out by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural
In a unique study of nitrogen pollution from farm fertilizer that gives farmers concerns equal weight to those of ecologists, two Stanford researchers, Pamela Matson and Rosamond Naylor, may have
Germany has rejected shipment of over 80 containers of turmeric exported from India. At around Rs 3,000 per quintal, the total turmeric consignment is worth over $1 million. Exporters engaged in
Madhya Pradesh government has initiated several steps in the last four-and-a half years to promote sericulture as an employment generating sector in the state. Japan assisted Rs 750 crore 'soil to
Thailand will request that the United States trade mark office revoke a trade mark under the name "Jasmati" used by an American firm on its rice product to prevent public misunderstanding that the
Ganesh Kishore, St Louis-based chief biotechnologist at Monsanto, revealed that the company has developed a genetically changed oilseed rape plant. The plant which may be on the market within three
The fate of the Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj (PANSI) Integrated Area Development Project has become uncertain due to alleged bureucratic tangles. The five year project, supposed to be commenced from
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) has taken up a massive programme for extension of cultivation of Binasail, a high yielding variety (HYV) of paddy developed by BINA for the Aman
The U.S. agrochemical giant, Monsanto, has stated in a press statement issued here today that none of its products used the "terminator gene" technology.Preferring to call it "gene protection
As prices of farm products dwindle, and with them rural incomes, European farmers are redesigning their farms to take in tourists, a practice known as agritourism, and governments are helping them to
Efforts were on to develop the livestock sector in Tamil Nadu by utilising the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) funds to the tune of Rs. 27.5