Concern over shrinkage in cotton producing area
The perpetual shrinkage of the cotton producing area covered by the World Bank-aided Intensive Cotton development Programme(ICDP) in the Northern India has become a serious cause of concern for the
The perpetual shrinkage of the cotton producing area covered by the World Bank-aided Intensive Cotton development Programme(ICDP) in the Northern India has become a serious cause of concern for the
Alarmed by the growing discontent among farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions in the wake of the recent suicides, the Sena-BJP Government has waived interest on loans taken by 20 lakh farmers in
The country will block the entry of genetically-engineered seeds containing the newly-patented Terminator gene that switches off the reproductive cycle of a plant after a generation.A provision to
In its first-ever fight to protect agricultural exports, India has flexed muscles to drag the European Union to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for imposing non-tariff barriers on basmati
The Director-General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Dr. R.S. Paroda, released four new crop varieties developed by the Central Tuber Crops Research Institute(CTCRI) at a
In a campaign seeking the dismissal of the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, thousands of AIADMK cadres today took to the streets protesting against the alleged "anti-farmer policies" of the State
The state government has announced a relief package for the farmers of the state who have suffered extensive crop damage this year, which has led to suicides by 45 farmers so far.
A US firm has developed a new type of seed that cannot be planted twice - it self-destructs before you can do so. Nongovernmental organisations and developing countries are outraged and worried that
Thailand's rights to its famed 'jasmati' rice as well as its rice exports, are under heavy threat by a US firm's use of the name 'jasmati' as a brand for a product that it calls a copy of the Thai
Andhra Pradesh is to introduce fresh legislation on rural indebtedness in view of last year's disastrous from credit practices which resulted in a spate of farmer suicides. A committee of secretaries
Even as the cotton growers of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan face severe financial crisis due to repeated failure of cotton crop for the past four years they had to resow the crop in many areas this
The Tala Energy Research Institute (TERI) has strongly criticised the government for backtracking on the issue of urea price hike and said this would further aggravate fertilizer consumption ration
A reseearcher at the University of Florida, Daniel Gorbet, has claimed to have developed a new variety of peanut. The new nut has properties which will help consumers fight high blood and serum
experts : Even as India's sugar production is projected to increase two-fold by 2010 , industry experts have called for a collaboratative effort with the government for utilisation of water, an
Hot on the heels of the "basmati" controversy, American firm Ricetec is embroiled in another row--this time with Thailand's farmers who are protesting against the firm's use of the name "Jasmati" for
Biotech firm DeKalb Genetics has developed a way of using remote sensing technology to breed agricultural crops. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) originally pioneered the
Cadbury India is planning to source over 75 per cent of its cocoa requirement from Kerala. The company is now wooing their once estranged partner, Kerala farmers, to grow cocoa extensively as an
Scientists at CCS Haryana Agricultural university has welcomed the decision of the Union Government to increase the prices of urea and divert the subsidy towards other fertilisers. The scientists
The Maharashtra Government has decided to bear one year's interest of Rs. 42 crores on farm loans of cooperative banks and supply seeds worth Rs. 85 crores free to help farmers hit by natural
The government offered to conduct a CBI inquiry into the recent import of 1.5 million tonne wheat worth Rs 950 crore from Australia but made it clear that the inquiry would also cover the wheat