Major initiativeon wasteland development in offing
PM : The national agriculture policy will promote consolidation of land holdings to improve productivity and provide a major boost to agro-processing and agri-business, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
PM : The national agriculture policy will promote consolidation of land holdings to improve productivity and provide a major boost to agro-processing and agri-business, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
Coming close on the heels of the much-published turmeric patent dispute with a US-based company, the Supreme Court is hearing a case related to a dispute on a basmati patent. The case has been filed
In a significant achievement, Indian scientists have developed a workable technique to micro-propogate virus-free saplings of the elite nanjangund rasable variety of banana from diseased plants
Agriculture in Latin American and Caribbean countries is growing faster than other sectors. A study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ((Eclac) says agriculture, forestry
The Australian government narrowly won a battle to adopt legislation watering down native land rights, sparking fury and cries of "shame" from Aborgines and opposition groups. The bill, twice
The new agriculture policy is likely to be a boon to plantation industry as it proposes to allot 40-million hectare of degraded lands for forestry out of the total of 80 millin hectare of degraded
Twelve to 15 times insecticide spray of crops in Punjab is harmful, Mr Hans Ekmsheuser, a plant protection expert of multinational Novartis has said. He was recently on a visis to the subdivision to
The use of pumpsets in the agriculture sector has touched alarming proportions with 20 per cent of the total power generated - 15,000-16,000 mw-in the country being diverted to this
The once lush green fields in Ponnavaram village of Krishna district are barren today. Nothing grows there except weeds. Excessive use of chemical fertilisers by ill-trained farmers in this coastal
India and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement for promotion of agricultural research. The agreement envisages exchange of technical information, exchange of scientists, sharing of information
The Sindh Agriculture Secretary, Dr. Badruddin Soomro has directed the field staff and agriculture experts of Upper Sindh to visit cotton growing areas, monitor the crop and guide farmers to combat
In a unusual move, President Bill Clinton has issued a strong endorsement shortly after the Senate passed a Bil recommeding lifting of the economic sanctions, though partially on India and Pakistan
The Maharashtra government plans to involve the private sector in a big way in the development of 70 lakh hactres of waste-land in the state. The government will also allow contract farming and
The government is shortly going to come out with a comprehensive insurance policy scheme for farmers, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Som Pal has
Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the semi-arid tropics in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Scottish Crop Research Institute and assistance from the Andhra Pradesh
In order to meet the problem of rising and falling water-table in Haryana, scientists at CCS Haryana Agricultural University have come out with various suggesions for farmers . They have suggested a
After facing problems on the basmati front, the government has decided to take pre-emptive measures to protect another important Indian product--Darjeeling tea.
Expensive chemical pesticides may become a thing of the past with the use of low-cost conventional methods to control plant diseases, thanks to the agriculture ministry.
Korean agriculture is at a critical point because of the free trade of the World Trade Organisation and the financial crisis represented by the International Monetary Fund. What is needed is a
Tamil Nadu is planning to float a leasing company to help farmers go for solar pumps. Such a scheme is already working in Andhra pradesh, where the state electicity board has joined hands with