Cattle death; then starvation now overgrazing
The onset of rains throughout Rajasthan has had an unexpected effect on cattle. Animals that were earlier dying due to scarcity of fodder and water, as a consequence of three years of continuous
The onset of rains throughout Rajasthan has had an unexpected effect on cattle. Animals that were earlier dying due to scarcity of fodder and water, as a consequence of three years of continuous
Iran, already the world's largest importer of wheat, may have to increase its purchases in 2001 as it enters a fourth year of drought so extreme that even camels are dying, a United Nations report
New technologies, including genetically modified foods, could be vital to developing countries trying to improve living standards, according to the United Nations.The UN's keynote human development
A survey by the Australian government's Rural Industries Research and Development Corp. discovered that only half of all Australians had ever tried kangaroo. Kangaroo is healthier (half the fat of
The agribusiness folks want their genetic technology to relieve malnutrition in the Southern Hemisphere, but last week activists from Greenpeace vandalised a plantation of genetically modified corn
With the outbreak of leaf curl virus disease in certain cotton fields in Haryana, the cotton experts in Hisar have advised the cotton growers to take all measures to control its carrier - the white
The Farmers' Relief Forum, a Waynad-based independent organisation of farmers, has planned to launch a State-wide campaign highlighting the problems in the agriculture sector in
Officials at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) are gearing up for yet another census, barely a month after the census enumerators and supervisors completed the task of compiling data collected
Every year a huge quantity of mangoes is being damaged due to the bad effect of smoke emitted from the brickfield kilns in Chapai-Nawabganj (Bangladesh) but the local administration is playing the
Reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy should require farmers to earn the right to subsidies based on better environmental use of land, European industrialist Lord Haskins said this week.
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has set up a specialised intellectual property rights (IPR) cell to cope with the challenges of bio-piracy in the post-World Trade Organisation
Costa Rica is burning 1,000 hectares of banana plantations to prevent the spread of sigatoka, a wasting disease that affects the
Britain's deputy prime minister, John Prescott, defended genetically modified food and crops and criticized "violent" protests that hamper development of the technology.
In a world first, Melbourne scientists have cloned an elite dairy bull, which they say is a breakthrough for the dairy and beef industries. Rameses II was born a week ago and is in good health,
The department of fertilisers has formulated an action plan to promote biofertilisers and micro-nutrients for sustainable growth of agriculture. The broad outlines of the action plan include
The $7-billion Swiss biotechnology major, Syngenta International AG, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) to develop genetically
Europe's farmers should receive big, one-off payments in return for radical reform, an influential government adviser will tell British and German agriculture ministers at an international conference
The European Commission and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed an agreement with Pakistan for providing 1.8 million euro (Rs 94 million) for eradicating rinderpest disease and to
Japanese fans of Pringles potatochips will have to cut down on the his snack after the Japanese unit of Procter & Gamble Co (P& G) said on Tuesday it would recall 800,000 packs made with unapproved
The crucial decision on whether India should join the league of 14 countries that have allowed genetically modified (GM) crops in their agriculture sector has been postponed by another year. A