'Develop improved buffalo breeds'
The Union Food Minister, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, yesterday called for improved buffalo breeds in the country and mooted the Punjab model for making the buffalo farmer, an entrepreneur. Inaugurating
The Union Food Minister, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, yesterday called for improved buffalo breeds in the country and mooted the Punjab model for making the buffalo farmer, an entrepreneur. Inaugurating
Bowing to demands from Washington, the Colombian government has agreed to test a granular herbicide to kill coca crops, despite public warnings from the chemical's American manufacturer against its
The World Bank will provide $196 million in loans to India for a project to improve agricultural research and natural resources management. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said in a
A campaign against land degradation and desertification in South Tamil Nadu would be launched from tomorrow from Devadanapatti in Theni district by the Participatory Action Collective, Tamil
The Punjab Government has recognised the significance of dairy farming as a means to achieve farm diversification and to increase the returns of farmers. The Government will soon set up a Dairy Board
Over 2.5 lakh hectares of fertile land in coastal Orissa has been affected due to acute salinity, causing immense damage of crop, particularly paddy. According to a latest study, the increasing
All India Action Committee of Spices Manufacturers has threatened to launch agitation if 8 per cent Central excise duty on branded spices is not withdrawn.
The Anti-Drugs Movement, a Mandsaur-based NGO, has sought the Madhya Pradesh Governor Dr Bhai Mahavir's intervention in the case of 171 poppy farmers who are said to be incarcerated in Mandsaur
Thousands of farmers have descended on this holy city to participate in the three-day mahapanchayat of the farmers better known as farmers' kumbh. At the inaugural session which started here
European Union leaders set an ambitious nine-month deadline for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and regional aid and agreement on a new EU budget, to prepare for eastern enlargement early
In order to enhance the cotton production, the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) has started a project sponsored by the India Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) for the
The transplanting of paddy is at its peak at certain places in Punjab. The operation started quite early in May. In this growers ignored the experts who did not recommend transplanting before June
The Japanese Ambassador to India, Mr. Hiroshi Hirabayashi, formally inaugurated the first phase of the Japanese Government funded multi-crore-rupee Manipur sericulture project in
Agricultural scientist Vithalbhai J Patel has ushered in a veritable revolution in arhar dal production, based on high-yielding Japanese seeds which can produce three to five tonnes per acre in
The killing of a tea garden owner and his son by tribal terrorists in Tripura has triggered panic in the state's tea industry . At least a dozen plantation managers have decided to leave the state
"Biofertilizer" - biologically fixed nitrogen (BNF) has increased grain yields by up to 500 per cent and brought sizeable savings compared to artificial fertilizers on farms across Zimbabwe. For the
Virtual shutdown of North Korea's food distribution system is forcing many of its people, especially women and children, to survive on bark and wild plants until the summer harvest, aid officials
The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio-technology, a centre for excellence for advanced research and training in bio-technology, intends to breathe fresh air into the long-drawn but controversy-ridden
A new fungal disease, which is wreacking havoc in many rubber plantations in Kerala and Karnataka, has cast a shadow on the future of over ten lakh growers in the country. The disease, which is
Floods have affected at least 20 tea gardens in the Dooars area of Jalpaiguri district. About 1,000 sq km of tea plantation area has been badly hit, said the Secretary of the Dooars branch of the