- Mango crop affected
Another crop which has taken a beating due to unseaonal rains is Alphonso mangoes in Maharashtra. Nearly 50 per cent of the crop has been affected with exporters expecting the crop to start arriving
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- Unseasonal rains blight grapes crop in Maharashtra
Unseasonal rains in Maharashtra have only managed to compound the problems for grape growers who were already reeling from the late start of the current crop. The grape crop, which is usually
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- Environment ministry castigates plantation cos
Plantation companies, already under fire for financial irregularities, are now facing severe criticism from the ministry of environment and forests which has castigated them for 'over projecting'
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- Monsanto allowed to set up research unit
The Indian Government has given US corporate giant Monsanto official permissions to set up a specialised research unit to develop new crop strains within the campus of the prestigious Indian
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- Pests eat up rice worth Tk 1800 cr annually
Pests eat up rice worth about Taka 1200 to 1800 crore annually, officials of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) told BSS. They said a conservative estimate puts the annual loss of rice yield
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- ADB loan for groundwater irrigation
Nepal's efforts to increase the agricultural productivity through improved irrigation will be assisted by a US$30 million concessional loan approved by the Asian Development Bank
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- Rice Tec owner may come to India's help
The Indian rice trade is confident that the Liechtenstein Foundation, which owns RiceTec Inc, may intervene in the snowballing dispute over basmati trade mark and patent to protect the rights of
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- Rice policy to end price support system
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to introduce a new rice policy that will abolish the current price-support framework and allow market forces to prevent excessive production.
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- New cattle breeds from NDRI
The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) has developed two new cattle breeds through cross-breeding that give a record milk yield of about 40 kg in a day. "The new high milk-producing strains,
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- Basmati patent reversible
US official: US acting assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs Melinda Kimble yesterday said the patenting of basmati by US firm RiceTec can be
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- El Nino factor is good news for Indian rice exporters
An anticipated surge in global rice demand in 1998-99 (April-March) will help India's rice exports recover from low levels in the current year, industry officials said on Thursday.
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- Southern tea industry gears up for E1 Nino
South India's tea industry is gearing up to face a possible impact of the warm water E1 Nino effect, drawing up contingency plans. "There are fears on E1 Nino inducing drought and affecting
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- Use soyameal as food, not cattle feed
Soyameal, if processed into soya foods, can help overcome protein malnutrition among children in the country. Rather than do that, India is exporting almost its entire production of soyameal for use
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- United States targets India for greater farm exports
India is among several countries targeted by the US for greater export of its agricultural products. This is stated in the 1998 trade policy agenda and 1997 annual report of the US trade
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- ICAR to stress on completing projects within the timeframe
Indian Council of Agricutural Research (ICAR) plans to adopt project and scientist based budgeting from the next financial year with a view to bring necessary reforms for meeting the challenges of
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- Member states remain split over GMO ban
Bans on the import and cultivation of genetically modified maize in Austria and Luxembourg look set to remain in place until at the least the summer. A committee of EU experts should vote within the
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- UN food and agriculture organization and Common Fund for commodities sign agreement to "enhance cooperation" to better assist developing countries
To improve assistance to agricultural commodity producers in developing countries, particularly the least developing countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Common Fund for
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- Greenpeace provides new evidenc of illegal maize imports into Holland
Greenpeace today provided new evidence to the European Commission of illegal imports of genetically manipulated maize into Europe through the
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- European environmentalists seek more funds
Countryside organisations across Europe are to press the European Commission for a huge increase in funding for environmentally friendly farming. The UK's Countryside Commission will present Franz
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- Monsanto product 'helps' conserve top soil
Scientists have started advocating soil conservation methods and adoption of a holistic approach by integrating agro-forestry and livestock in farming practices for sustainable productivity. In this