The seeds of a pest-free harvest
With pests driving several cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh to suicide recently, experts are looking at transgenic cotton as a viable solution to the problem:a report.
With pests driving several cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh to suicide recently, experts are looking at transgenic cotton as a viable solution to the problem:a report.
Thai peasants struggling with hard economic times are turning to huge South American rodent to save the family farm. But authorities fear that a get rich quick craze to breed the water loving
Spain is seeking further European Union aid in an effort to contain the spread of swine fever, which has already led to the slaughter of more than 800,000 pigs, almost 5 per cent of the country's
Scientists at the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) claim to have perfected a new "gasifier-based" technique for drying and curing of large cardamom, which they claim would fetch a 10 per cent
A new crop insurance scheme has been introduced in two districts of Andhra Pradesh on a pilot basis from the present rabi season. About 2.2 lakh small and marginal farmers in Prakasam district and
Minister for Social Welfare Kadiam Srihari stated that spraying of pesticide on cotton crop in Warangal district was completed in 82,000 hectares out of a total affected area of 99,000 hectares. He
A massive programme for genetic improvement and conservation of gaot breeds is underway at the world's only full-fledged research centre for the animal at Makhdoom in Uttar
Suicides by farmers due to cotton crop failure in Andhra Pradesh continued unabated even as the state government announced a relief package for farmers and promised to evolve a long term measures to
The impact of scientific intervention is perceptible in Panihar Chak and Chaudhariwas villages where apart from earning more income the farmers have also benefited from including til and groundnut in
At the initiative of the State Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh, the Union Government has relaxed the norms about purchase of paddy and rice on support price keeping in view the damage to paddy crop
Starch is the largest single energy source in the human diet. So a discovery at Oxford University of a way to increase the starch content of crops such as potato, maize and rice could have
Fear and panic has gripped Betul district after the toll in police firing on protesting farmers went up to 16. The farmers were demanding compensation for the damage to their crops due to hail,
Ruined by pests, Andhra Pradesh's cotton farmers commit suicide to escape the burden of
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to organise a State-wide poultry immunisation programme at an estimated cost of Rs. 89 lakhs, to prevent "Ranikhet" viral disease among
Scalemaster Adlam Private Ltd. an NRI firm engaged in the manufacture of non-chemical water treatment units for industrial usage, has now introduced a radical water treatment system for poultry
Food crisis in parts of the globe worsened in 1997 with more countries affected by food emergencies as compared with the previous year. Bad weather, poor crops and civil strife were the causes for
Environmentalists in Karnataka have prevailed upon the government to stymie the much publicised multi crore ostrich farming project. Chief Minister J.H. Patel assured the Animal Welfare Group that
The Union Commerce Ministry, through its Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), is organising a workshop in Bangalore on January 17 to find solutions to the bottlenecks that have prevented
Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) , has developed a new vaccine for the heart disease of
Study : The domestic demand-supply gap of cocoa production is expected to widen in the coming years, according to a study conducted by Cadbury India Ltd. In 1996-97 , the domestic demand was about