- Seed of controversy
An American company has patented a modified gene which when imcorporated into a seed ensures a sterile crop. The patent, which has been taken jointly by a private firm, Delta & Pines, one of the
An American company has patented a modified gene which when imcorporated into a seed ensures a sterile crop. The patent, which has been taken jointly by a private firm, Delta & Pines, one of the
Bangladesh Tea Research Institute, Srimongal has released a new high yielding variety of tea clone namely BT II. The average per hectare of BT II clone is 5179
The union ministry of textiles and the United Nations Development Pregramme ( UNDP) are planning another joint jute development programme. The ongoing five-year National Jute Development Programme
It was the worst year for the cotton growers of the country as it led so many suicides in South. In totality, the cotton growers suffered heavily as about 40 lakh bales of cotton were damaged due to
The chronic shortage of zinc sulphate fertiliser is likely to hit paddy production in Haryana in the coming season. In order to master the situation , the Haryana Fertiliser, Pesticides and Seed
The king of fruits has lost its crown. The mango crop all over the southern states and in Maharashtra has failed and as a result, the price is expected to push skywards.
While many achievements of the Bharatiya Janata Party;s Delhi government are debatable, the government certainly seems to have succeeded in increasing the appetite of birds at its poultry farm as
Most French people do not want to eat genetically engineered food and say France should reverse its decision to allow farmers to grow genetically altered maize, Greenpeace, the environmental group
Scientist Somendra Mohan Ghosh plans to appeal to the Union government to amend the International Patent Act in India. The law will enable scientists like him to file criminal charges against anybody
India has few chances of getting the basmati patent cancelled, a leading conservation scientist of India has said. Mr.P. Pushpangadan, director of the Tropical Botanical Garden Research Institute in
Incidence of poverty among farmers rose by about 15 per cent in just one year. This was revealed in a nationwide "poverty monitoring" survey released at a national seminar. The survey was conducted
Thousands of shishu variety of saplings on both sides of the Dhaka Aricha highway were being perished due to the outbreak of unidentified disease causing heavy loss to the growers. According to the
The new agro-technology that genetically disables a seed's capacity to germinate could threaten the livelihood of traditional farmers, mainly in developing countries, according to researchers. The US
The Andhra Pradesh State-Level Bankers' Committee has increased the repayment period of converted crop loans from seven to nine years as a part of relief measures extended to the affected farmers in
The Government's decision to grant conditional customs clearance for the import of one million tonne of soyabean from the United States brings in the first major consignment of "gene food" into
The Mother Dairy plant in the capital has become the first plant in the country to achieve latest global standard for food hygiene and safety - called Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Hundreds of angry farmers gathered in New Delhi today to protest against the granting of a US patent to sell rice under the Basmati brand. "We have not done enough to protect our own treasures of
Two decades of fights over food labelling and nutrition have suggested at least two laws of behviour. First, Americans have an unquenchable hunger to know as much as possible about what is in their
A simple and inexpensive plastic-mounted colour chart is being advocated for efficient nitrogen management in rice by scientists at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. "The
After an American company Rice Tech Inc., helped basmati find a breeding ground in the heart of Texas, it is the turn of tea companies to start sweating. Kenyan tea companies are keen to go a step