- Move afoot to get patent for Darjeeling tea
The world's most sought-after tea produced in Darjeeling may soon find a place in the World Trade Organisation's surveillance map so that the adulteration of Darjeeling tea is abated internationally
The world's most sought-after tea produced in Darjeeling may soon find a place in the World Trade Organisation's surveillance map so that the adulteration of Darjeeling tea is abated internationally
The continuous spell of inclement weather since Monday evening has been worrying farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The local meteorological expert blames the rains on a Western
Agriculture in punjab is confronted with problems. These according to experts, may affect the agro-ecosystem. The south-western region which contributed 15 per cent of the total cotton produciton in
As more and more farmers grew coca instead of food, prices for coca leaf dropped and the cost of the food they had to buy soared. Washington's strategy in Colombia where about 80 percent of the
A total of 1.2 million poor people living in rural areas of the Loess Plateau in northwest China have bid farewell to poverty through an erosion control project financed by World Bank loans. The
India must initiate action against Kenya and Sri Lanka for threatening its tea market by selling tea under the Darjeeling label, said a patent expert. Given India's leading position in textiles,
As many as 21 high altitude panchayats of Tissa development blocks in Chamba district bordening Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir have been badly hit by the recent heavy snowfall. Some areas may
The news that more than 180 farmers committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh in the last few weeks is, indeed, disturbing. What makes this tragedy even more poignant is the fact that the suffering was
World food security requires an exceptional cereals harvest in 1998, with global surplus stocks already below safe levels, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a report published on
Farmer indebtedness is on the rise in Haryana and Punjab as most of them are preferring moneylenders over commercial banks, according to an official study by Ministry of
In a major grant-in-aid project assigned by the Directorate of Industries, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, the Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat, undertook a study on the utilisation of wild
US-based agriculture and pharmaceuticals giant Monsanto is setting up a specialised research unit in India for developing new crop strains. The move comes as a surprise as this is the first time a
There are a far greater number of honeycombs in the wilds of Assam than in the Sunderbans, a joint research conducted by a team of experts from Austrian and the Gauhati University has found. The
Young farmers are to benefit from the first increase in European Union milk quotas in nearly 15 years, as part of attempts to rejuvenate an aged and declining farm population. Proposals for a
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) plans to expand institute-village linkage programme (IVLP) to 70 centres in the next five years.
Agricultural extension services in the country will be stepped up with commencement of the $239 million World Bank funded national agricultural technology project (NATP) from April
With the completion of reconstruction work, repairs and expansion of 34 irrigation projects by the District Irrigation Office of fiscal year 2053/54, some 1,500 hectares of land has been brought
It had to happen, India has reacted strongly to the US Patent Office granting Ricetec, an American company, a patent for Basmati rice and has decided to examine various possible remedial options. The
Abdul Hamid Khan, a zamindar of Raiban Khera village, would have little realised that the dussehri mango sapling that he had grafted at Kakori in the latter half of the 19th century , with the
MPs criticised as "totally unacceptable" European Commission plans for an increase in farm spending as part of its proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. The Commission has estimated the