Joint research projects
India and Brazil are joining hands to start research projects in the areas of agriculture, livestock and fisheries bio-technology. Under the agreement, India will share its expertise during the Green
India and Brazil are joining hands to start research projects in the areas of agriculture, livestock and fisheries bio-technology. Under the agreement, India will share its expertise during the Green
Maharashtra government has worked out a crop insurance scheme to cover cereals, pulses and oil seeds during the first phase. The scheme which will cover cotton, sugarcane and horticulture during the
The Union agriculture ministry has sent the new draft Bill on plant variety protection deleting the provisions on farmers rights to the Cabinet for approval. The new draft is named Plant Variety
farmers to get Rs. 750 per hectare : The Karnataka cabinet, is understood to have decided that the compensation to be paid to farmers who have lost their crops to be Rs. 750 a hectare, subject to the
minister : The Union minister for agriculture, Som Pal stated that watershed development will be his top priority in the new agriculture policy. The development of water shed projects would end the
Novartis genetically engineered Bt-maize have proven to be a serious market failure in France. An independent study commissioned by Greenpeace shows that overwhelming majority of farmers reject
Karnataka Chief Minister J H patel managed to placate an angry Opposition when he announced yesterday that the May 2 Cabinet meeting would discuss and finalise a hike in compensation to the farmers
It is celebration time for Indian scientists involved in agricultural research. The Indian Agriculture Research Institute (Pusa Institute) at New Delhi has established the national Phytotron Facility
Dr S B Singh,Vice-Chancellor of G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), has called for rapid scientific efforts to catapult the yeild and a drive to promote utilisation of millets
A scientific team is now examining the genetic profile of basmati rice as part of the Indian Government's effort to build up a cast-iron case against the grant of basmati patent to an American
A series of suicides has rocked the Vidarbha region, where unseasonal rains and hailstrom have contributed to a drought-like situation. With both Kharif and Rabi crops ruined, cultivators in 13,000
About 200 farmers' representatives belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's farmers' wing, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, entered the office of Power minister Kaushik Patel and threatened him that if
Poverty is arguably the biggest burden that Bangladesh faces and this view is supported by a survey that was undertaken jointly by the Centre for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
Cross-bred animals are found more useful for the farmers who raise livestock for income-generating purpose. It has been found that high breed animals like murra buffalo, jarsi cow, jamuna pari goats
West Bengal has demanded a patent for Darjeeling tea to help maintain its domination and status in the global market and as a major foreign exchange for the
Various organisations of the farmers have decided to hold a national-level farmers' convention at Hyderabad on May 1 in protest against the new economic policies of the Union government and to
As teams on fact-finding missions have started visiting Lalitpur district in Jhansi to examine the high incidents of suicides, the district authorities have identified poverty prone areas to study
The Joint House Committee which made an on-the spot study of the crop failure in Bidar and Gulbarga districts, has recommended to the Government to increase the quantum of compensation from Rs. 500 a
Even as Indian authorities and agriculture scientists are trying to arm themselves with adequate material to fight the recent US patent obtained by RiceTec for what it claimed as a new basmati line,
The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, today indicated that the Government may raise a dispute in the World Trade Organisation on the