Bid to produce multiple buffalo calves
Dairy Scientists of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) are working on producing multiple identical buffalo calves from a single
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AP moots board to control cotton cultivation
A statutory body, on the lines of the Tobacco Board, is being mooted by the Andhra Pradesh government to regulate regions under cotton cultivation. The proposed body will confine cotton crop to
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ICAR develops new paddy transplanter
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a self-propelled paddy transplanter to reduce the back-breaking manual drudgery of women involved in rice plantation in muddy waters.
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India bans poultry imports
India has banned the import of poultry and its products as well as other birds from all the countries where avian influenza disease is prevalent. The agriculture ministry has communicated this
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Plan underway for better goat breeds
A massive programme of genetic improvement and conservation of goat breeds is underway at the world's only full-fledged research centre for goats under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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Pest infection in crops to be considered natural calamity
The Union Cabinet has approved the agriculture ministry's proposal for treating large scale crop damage due to pest infestation as a natural clalamity for the purpose of providing relief and
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Farmers to get relief for pest infestation
The Union Cabinet today decided that the destruction of crops due to large scale pest infestations would henceforth be equated with natural calamities for the purpose of extending relief to the
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Warning against conversion of paddy fields
Rice cultivation may disappear from Kerala by the year 2015, unless urgent steps are taken to stop reclamation of paddy lands for other purposes, including cultivation of other crops. Kerala will be
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Suicides by AP cotton growers on the rise
Despite the relief measures announced by the State Government, the number of cotton farmers who have committed suicide over the large-scale destruction of crops in a pest attack, continues to
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New Technology to transform degraded land into fodder land
Agro-scientists in India have worked out a novel scheme to transfer technology from 'Lab to Land' for rehabilitation of degraded
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Rare disease affects buffaloes in Murshidabad
A rare disease called degnella has affected a large number of buffaloes in parts of Murshidabad. In the past month, 6,000 buffaloes suffered from the disease, cure for which is yet to be found,
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Govt marks out 10 farm goods for export thrust
The commerce ministry has identified 10 agricultural products to be promoted in the next two years to bite into the $600 billion agri products market.The market for these products is set to grow,
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Rabi contingency plan to be acted upon
Alarmed at the partial damage to pulses, mustard and wheat rabi crop in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, due to prolonged cloudy weather, rain and hail, the Union Agriculture
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Farm surveys to probe sheep link
A nationwide survey in UK of 3,500 farms aimed at establishing whether bovine spongiform encephalopathy has spread to sheep is to be undertaken in the new
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Monsanto bets on gene seeds in Argentina
Monsanto Co. expects its bio-engineered soyabean seed to take Argentina - the world's third-largest soyabean grower - by storm.The US-based agriculture company expects its Roundup Ready soyabean
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Unseasonal rains hit onion output in Nashik district
Onion prices are skyrocketing in Nashik district, Asia's largest onion producing centre, due to heavey losses, following unseasonal rains accompanied by hailstroms in the
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Project to improve problem soils
Agro-Climatic Regional Planning (ACRP), a pilot project implemented in Manikandam block in Tiruchi district, which aims at reclaiming alkaline soils, has successfully developed the methodology to
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Soyabean output can be doubled, says VORDI
Soyabean production in the country can be doubled by 2002 , the terminal year, of the Ninth Plan by bringing over nine million hectares of "fallow" land under cultivation. "By using short-duration
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Thai researchers striving to save the papaya
Thai scientists are developing a genetically modified strain of papaya in a bid to halt the spread of a disease that threatens to wipe out the fruit. "This is the last chance for the papaya in
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Misconceptions about GM foods need to be removed
"Biotechnology has the potential to bring tremendous benefits. But we must make sure that we move ahead responsibly and do not store up trouble for future. The public's real concern must be addressed