Vision India 2047: So close, yet so far
What would India be like in the year 2047 when the country would be celebrating 100 years of its independence? For science policy advocate, Vandana Shiva, the vision is that of a land where its
What would India be like in the year 2047 when the country would be celebrating 100 years of its independence? For science policy advocate, Vandana Shiva, the vision is that of a land where its
Monsanto Holdings Pvt Ltd has set up 'Monsanto Meekosam' (Monsanto for you) helpline for farmers who want to get crop information, solutions to general crop related problems or product
Every five or six years Congress argues over how to subsidize farmers. But this time around the forces against big subsidies have a new weapon: the international trade agreements the United States
Scientists have created the world's first genetically modified English elm tree in the hope of repairing the damage wreaked on the landscape by one of the most devastating plagues to strike a plant
A new technology for chemical-free sugar has been developed without using the conventional sugar refining techniques. This new technology was developed under a project sponsored by the Technology
In the coldest part of Austria, a farmer is turning conventional wisdom on its head by growing a veritable Garden of Eden full of tropical plants in the open on his steep Alpine pastures. Amid
The global GM food bubble may have burst after almost 10 years of exponential growth. Companies are investing less in research than five years ago, profits are static, countries are tightening up
The agriculture department in Adilabad is offering to buy crop pests. it sounds strange but true. The bio-control laboratory under the agriculture department has offered Re 1 for three Heliothis
The Chairman of the special Commission set up by the Kerala Government for sourcing expert advice on matters relating to WTO, Dr M. S. Swaminathan, has suggested the setting up of a WTO Database Cell
There seems to be some confusion over the result of the 'basmati battle' fought at the US Patents and Trademark Office. It is not clear whether India won or lost. Some would contend that India failed
Dr Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Director-General of the International Food policy Research Institute (IFPRI), has been selected to receive the $2,50,000 world food prize for 2001 for his contribution to
Parliament approved the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill with the Rajya Sabha adopting the WTO-related legislation by a voice vote today. Lok Sabha has already approved the
The Institute of Economic Studies had conferred the prestigious "Udyog Rattan Award" and "Excellence Award" to HP Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation Ltd, popularly known as
Agricultural economies, specially those based on fragile ecosystems and in difficult terrain, like in the mountain countries will have to pay a particular heed that the rights of rural people are not
The French Farm Ministry has lifted livestock restrictions in south central France after animals suspected of being infected with bluetongue tested negative for the potentially fatal
Scores of French protesters, armed with scythes and hedge-clippers and acting in the name of rural tradition,destroyed two experimental plots of genetically modified maize in southern France.
Australian farmers rejected a proposed free-trade agreement with the U.S. in the near future, citing huge political and economic
A Texas company's attempt to patent a type of Basmati rice, which became a touchstone for anti-globalization protests in the 1990s, was largely settled last week when the United States granted a
Corporate farming will turn the independent small farmer into a low-paid employee of a handful of corporations. This was said by Dr Qayyum Sulehri, a researcher, at a seminar on "Rural development in
The Assam Government has launched an ambitious multi-crore-rupee veterinary project for producing 29 lakh litres of milk annually by 2004 with the assistance of the World