Campaign, special logo to pep up Darjeeling tea
The tea Board, in collaboraiton with Darjeeling Planters Association (DPA), has mounted a promotional campaign for Darjeeling tea. It has also patented a spacial Darjeeling tea logo, which would
The tea Board, in collaboraiton with Darjeeling Planters Association (DPA), has mounted a promotional campaign for Darjeeling tea. It has also patented a spacial Darjeeling tea logo, which would
The union agriculture ministry has geared up to meet the possible threat to crops due to reported local build-up of locusts in Bikaner and Barmer districts of Rajasthan with the southwest monsoon
The Chairman of Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) ,Justice Guman Mal Lodha has appealed to the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to ban export of meat. Though India would lose foreign exchange
A Parliamentary committee has flayed the Central government for ignoring export potential and foreign exchange earning potential of the horticulture sector and suggested a national policy to promote
The monsoon in Vidarbha had led to extensive damage to the cotton and jowar crop. In this region of Yavatmal last year due to unseasonal rains, hail storms and a pest attack the local economy was
Four PAU scientists have been given the ISPRD award by the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD) in recognition of their research work on the improvement of pulse
India has formally protested to the French authorities against giving a French company right to use Basmati in its trade marks. This is the first time India has taken preventive action to protect
With their economy shattered, farmers of the cotton belt of Punjab have started selling their new tractors at rates much below the showroom prices for repaying old debts.
The Cotton Corporation of India(CCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Punjab State Seeds Corporation for the production of 6,500 quintals of certified seeds of popular
Agricultralists and fertilizer experts in Bangladesh urged the farming community to boost agricultural production through the use of environment-friendly fertilizers like Urea Super Granule (USG).
Union agriculture minister Som Pal has severely criticised the Planning Commission's target for foodgrain production for 1998-99 at 210 million tonnes as 'unrealistic and unpragmatic'. He has
Genetic solutions are the answer to the problems of low yield and poor quality of crops, says an agricultural expert. Inaugurating the first national plant breeders congress at Tamil Nadu
After four days of contentious talks, European Union agriculture ministers reached agreement on a wide ranging package of agricultural reforms aimed at trimming Europe's bulging farm
The European Union is to crack down on rogue farmers claiming subsidies from the Common Agricultural Policy to grow
The French parliament has recommended a two year moratorium on the introduction of genetically altered rape seed and endorsed the Jospin's government's cautious approach to the use of new types of
The Punjab Council of Ministers today approved the proposal of the Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development to introduce the Punjab Dairy Board Bill 1998, in the Vidhan
The World bank today approved a $130 million package for a diversified agricultural support project in UP taking its total approvals in the post-sanctions peroid beyond the one bilion-mark. The
FAO : The Asian economic crisis and lower prices of cereals has badly hit global agricultural trade, according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation.
The standard and quality of the tea being sold at present in the market, in most cases, leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Enquiries made by 'The Sentinel' revealed that what is sold as tea in the
The World Bank yesterday intiated agreement to support India's $240 million (roughly Rs 1,000 crore) National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP). This involves a loan totalling $196 million from