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The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has become serious with other countries laying claims for products tradionally produced in India, but had gone without patenting. Inaugurating the
The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has become serious with other countries laying claims for products tradionally produced in India, but had gone without patenting. Inaugurating the
Silk production in Malda, West Bengal, which accounts for a share of 6.5 per cent in the state's raw silk output, has suffered due to large scale usage of pesticides in the neighbouring mango
Consumers should be ready to face another year of shortage of onions and consequently, exorbitant rates in the retail market. Reason: decline in the area under onion crop, not only in the north but
Mango the king of fruits is likely to cost a kings ransom this season. Though it was expected that this year's crop would be lower than the previous year because of the cyclic effect or more
The Maharashtra Government's 'failure' to provide adequate compensation to the hail-storm affected farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, has proved to be a major bone of contention between the
The shrinkage of area under sugarcane cultivation and the continuous decline in sucrose recovery have caused concern among the growers and sugarmills owners in the State. For the last two years, none
A top level inter-ministerial team drawing expertise from various fields is burning midnight oil, preparing to fight India's case in the controversial basmati patent granted to the US agricultural
Before the dust raised over basmati patent can settle, a new row has erupted over the patent on pepper extracts. A New Jersey-based firm, Sabinsa Corporation, which has been granted a patent on
The $280 million wheat import contract from Austria faces termination with Prime Minister A B Vajpayee asking the food ministry to send a status report on the situation as it may have serious legal
The BJP-led government yesterday promised to achieve a high economic growth of seven to eight per cent by continuing reforms through a national consensus and earmarking 60 per cent of Plan funds for
A new technique significantly reduces salmonella in chickens by providing protection that before factory farming, was naturally transferred from a mother hen to her chicks scientists announced. The
expert: If champagne continues to remain a typical French wine and Scotch Scottish, no amount of American arm-twisting will be able to snatch basmati' from India's lap, noted agriculture scientist
In a major breakthrough, Indian scientists have identified an Eco-friendly biological method to control aphids, a pest which attacks mustard plants, thereby eliminating a major bottleneck in
A farm scientist with the Cotton Corporation of India has suggested cultivation of a desi cotton variety in areas bordering Pakistan in a bid to check the spread of a deadly cotton virus in India
After two years of intense lobbying by the US, the Union government has agreed in principle to lift the ban on soyabeans import and permit Indian processors to bring in 1 million tonnes. The final
The government will review the terms of the agriculture policy and increase the minimum support price to farmers from the level recommended by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices, New
Can US call its wines champagne, asks expert: If champagne continues to be a typical French wine and scotch whisky Scottish, no amount of American arm-twisting will be able to snatch "Basmati" from
The new Agriculture Minister, Som Pal, today proposed to bring in a comprehensive agriculture policy which would maximise the use of land, water and genetic resources. He also said that the ministry
The Haryana Agriculture University ( HAU) at Hissar and Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) at Ludhiana have come out with several new crop varieties that will benefit the region's farmers. While the
Around 6,000 tonnes of "Sundari" chillies cultivated in the south 24-Parganas district of West Bengal are illegally transported to Bangladesh, according to the chillies Aratdar Association, Calcutta