Som Pal to unveil farm policy in budget session
The government is likely to unveil its national agricultural policy during the Budget session of Parliament, said Minister of state for agriculture Som Pal yesterday.The policy will have a special
The government is likely to unveil its national agricultural policy during the Budget session of Parliament, said Minister of state for agriculture Som Pal yesterday.The policy will have a special
In an unexpected gesture of generosity, the Union agricultural ministry has sanctioned an extra RS 2.5 crore for an ambitious pepper development project of the Kerala government. The sanction is
The 23rd Congress of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologies, which will have relevance for the Indian sugar industry which is striving to improve productivity, will be held here from
The Orissa Government is expected to launch a renewed campaign against shifting cultivation which is posing a major threat to its forests and environment. The Government has reasons to sit up and
Study : Since Anurag Agrawal's discovery was published in the prestigious Science magazine in February, the 25-yr-old researcher has juggled scientific celebrity and the nuts and bolts of research
The deadly Mericks disease, that has struck chickens in Gurdaspur district is continuing unabated with a number of chickens having fallen prey to the malady. The first symptoms of the disease were
Australia pulls back on two chickpeas : After basmati, it would have been the turn of chickpeas to turn videshi. But in a major victory for India, the Australian seed industry has abandoned its
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M Karunanidhi, yesterday, announced a further set of sales tax (ST) concessions and a substantial Rs 94-crore relief package for farmers , reeling under the impact
Bio-technology companies are positioned to do well as the US farmers switch from one crop to another this year in pursuit of maximum profits. Bigger corn and soyabean crops and declining prices would
Realising the vital necessitgy of conserving the rich plant heritage of India, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has now established a national gene bank (NGB) at the National Bureau of
Bewitched by soaring rice prices, mango farmers have turned parts of Suphan Buri province into a mango graveyard. By switching to what they considered a more profitable crop, Suphan Buri farmers have
Genetically engineered plants are marching rapidly across the world's farmland. Last year an estimated 30m acres were planted with crops whose genes had been manipulated to resist herbicide, kill
Small and marginal farmers in Kerala, united under the umbrella of the Farmers' Relief Forum (FRF), have decided to protest against government apathy to ward the community by declaring an embargo on
Following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in this district, nearly 250 head of cattle have died in about 50 villages, while about 4200 head of cattle have been affected by the disease.
In mid-February, Indian papers reported that RiceTec Inc., an American rice producer in Texas, had received a U.S. patent for a new variety of basmatic rice it had developed. The company wants to
There has been too much emphasis on cereal crops - rice and wheat. Although getting to the top of any field is not easy, Punjab has achieved it. It produced 136.78 lakh tonnes of what and 73.30 lakh
The coypu farming business in Thailand has proved to be a get-rich-quick scam for most companies involved and now the majority are out of business. Farmers have been left with thousands of
The Hanumantha Rao committee on fertiliser pricing, in its report submitted today, has recommended deregulation of the fertiliser industry and replacement of the unit-wise retention pricing scheme
The government is actively considering a proposal to set up a Cotton Technology Mission for the all-round development of cotton production. This was announced by Mr Kanshi Ram Rana, Minister of
Once known as the cotton belt of Haryana, Fatehbad district is certain to lose that status as a majority farmers of this area have been forced to opt for alternative crops due to the declining trend