- NHRC notice to Andhra Govt
The National Human rights Commission has issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh Government to submit a detailed report on the allegations made by a doctor regarding mass suicides committed by cotton
The National Human rights Commission has issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh Government to submit a detailed report on the allegations made by a doctor regarding mass suicides committed by cotton
The Indian floriculture industry has expressed shock at the seizure of thousands of 'counterfeit roses' by the authorities at the Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, last week. Reacting to the
A mystery strain of the highly-contagious Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD) has created havoc in the Punjab countryside, claiming nearly 800 heads of cattle and infecting more than 7,000 others in
MNCs : Four major plant breeders from Germany, Netherlands and France have threatened to deny access to new rose varieties to Indian floriculturists if there is no improvement in the protection of
The country's chicken population has registered the fastest growth in the Asia Pacific region in the last decade, according to a report of the Bangkok-based United Nations Economic and Social
The Indian Crop Protection Association (ICPA) claims that the spate of suicides by farmers in Andhra Pradesh caught in the cotton debt trap is the result of a poor agricultural credit system in
The Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest petition challenging the Union government's December circular lifting the ceiling on the export of wheat and its products "ignoring the fact that
Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler is to Tell EU vets to stop stalling and vote on proposals to ease the ban on British beef exports. Fischler wants the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC), made
Agricultural and medicinal plants like black cumin (kala jeera), bitter gourd (karela), Indian mustard and black pepper (kali mirch), grown and used in India for generations, have been patented by
Poultry diseases broke out in an epidemic form in the district. At least 20,000 poultry birds have caught diseases in the district during the last two months. The people of the remote villages could
The city roses worth Rs 2.40 lakhs which were confiscated at Paris last week by French customs officials were pirated versions of the long-stemmed, thorn-free Grand Gala breed. The 'fake' roses had
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged to intervene in the matter pertaining to the continuing suicide deaths of farmers in Andhra Pradesh. In a complaint filed before the
An inter-ministerial technical committee has been formed by the Government to work out details and modalities of tackling the issue of patent given by the US for basmati rice on priority basis. "The
China is starting to feel the heat of Asia's financial crisis - and the chilli farmers in the north-west of the country have been among the first to get burned. The province of Shaanxi, one of the
With a view to making dryland farming more meaningful and practical and fecilitate transfer of technology onto the field, dryland farmers will be involved in the research activity of agricultural
Ricetec : The much-talked about 'basmati' is not a brand but a generic name, according to Robin Andrews, president of Ricetec which has obtained a US patent about the plant.Andrews, in a wire service
Nearly 800 heads of cattle, including ecotic crossbred cows, have died in Moga, Ferozepur, Faridkot, ludhiana, and Mansa districts of Punjab following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
These should be good times for Kenya's tea farmers. World prices for their product are impressively high, the E1 Nino weather phenomenon has brought plenty of rain, and as long as there is no drought
Celeste: The U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Richard Celeste, today said it would be "effective" to challenge the patent on basmati rice granted to an American company, given the past rulings of U.S. courts on
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Indian (Assocham) on Thursday favoured taking the basmati patent controversy to the dispute settling mechanism of the