Hybrid cardamom promises higher yield
Scientists at the Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Idukki, have claimed a major breakthrough in developing three hybrid varieties of cardamom which promise to increase output many times over. The
Scientists at the Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Idukki, have claimed a major breakthrough in developing three hybrid varieties of cardamom which promise to increase output many times over. The
The Congress members in the Legislative Council today staged a walk-out expressing dissatisfaction over the State Government's reply to a notice seeking to move an adjournment motion over the
AP Assembly: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly adopted a resolution urging the Centre to include commerical crops under a Crop Insurance Scheme even as Opposition Congress and BJP members staged a noisy
The World Bank on Wednesday announced that it would provide $196.8 million (Rs 780 crore) for the National Agriculture Support Project to improve agricultural technology in
After the suicide spree by the farmers of Bidar district of Karnataka the syndrome has now spread to Gulbarga, Raichur and Koppal districts, which lie on the Andhra Pradesh border. After a spate of
Abdhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday moved a resolution in the Assembly urging the Centre to include commercial crops under crop insurance scheme to protect farmers from
The European Union Commissioners are due to adopt plans for the most far-reaching reforms of EU farm policy yet attempted, reshaping European agriculture for a more competitive future, then the real
European member states allowed four genetically engineered crops to be imported into Europe. Greenpeace condemned the European Union's failure to fight for the protection of the environment and
The Rs 800 cr Duncan Industries Ltd, headed by G P Goenka has started dialogue with the West Bengal government to acquire further land for setting up new tea gardens in a bid to overcome the
The Madhya Pradesh Water and Land Management Institute, Bhopal is organising a national training programme on reclamation and management of water-logged and salt affected soils from March
India and New Zealand on Tuesday signed an agreement for exchange of information, expertise and technology in horticulture
In the agriculturally prosperous states of Punjab and Haryana, the precursors of the green revolution since 1967, fragmentation of land holding is threatening the very existence of the farmers. The
Crop researchers say that distillery effluents can help reduce fertiliser use drastically as they are a rich source of major nutrients needed for optimal plant growth. Scientists at the Indian
Though India continues to have the largest acreage under tea- 4.18 lakh hectares - the planters are dogged with problems such as the rising cost of production and wages for labour. Many of the tea
Plant bio-technology will generate higher yields, create healthier foods and increase plants' use as a source of pharmaceuticals, according to Mr. Hendrick Verfaillie, President of Monsanto Co.
Minimum space requirements for battery hens would be almost doubled under plans outlined by the European Commission. The Commission said financial aid would be available for European Union farmers to
World Bank has asked the provincial government to encourage greater participation of non governmental organisations (NGOs) to boost agriculture production in Sindh. Agriculture Minister Syed Murad
The commercialisation of agriculture and the Punjab Government's encouragement to farmers towards diversification from the usual wheat-rice cycle to sugarcane has resulted in development of unique
After excelling in foodgrain and milk produciton. Punjab's farmers are preferring something really hot: chillies.
More than 22.3 million rats were killed in an all-out campaign to get rid of the rodents devastating Vietnam's crops in the first two months of this year, which amounts to nearly half the total