PepsiCo contract farming takes roots
PepsiCo India is carrying its successful contract farming programme to more states. Talks have already started with several state government who have been keen to attract the cola
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Research centre inspires cotton growers
Gujarat Agricultural University is all set to convert Surat based Athwa Farm the main cotton research centre, into a model farm in the
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AP farm sector loss seen at Rs 4,000 cr
The agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh is expected to incur a production loss of around Rs 4,000 crore during the current kharif season on account of the prevailing drought
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Butterflies safe from biotech corn
Monarch butterflies living in farm fields have virtually nothing to fear from genetically engineered corn that produces its own insect killer, according to studies begun after laboratory research
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Greenpeace charge on GM rice research
Open field trials of genetically engineered (GM) rice containing human genes are being carried out in the heart of California's traditional rice growing region, according to Greenpeace. The
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'Excessive use of pesticides harmful'
Cotton growers of Punjab have reportedly spent about Rs 750 crore on the spray of insecticides on the cotton crop to save it from the attack of American bollworm in the cotton belt of the state this
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Bollworm destroys cotton crop
The loss of cotton crop in Haryana is almost total as a result of the heliothius(American bollworm) infection. The loss is estimated at Rs.400 crore approximately. Cotton is sown over six lakh
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HP all set to become fruit bowl of India
Himachal Pradesh is emerging as a pioneer in the field of fruit production and the time is not very far when it will be identified as the Fruit Bowl of the country. It has also won the National and
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After the Basmati battle
The battle of patent rights over three varieties of Basmati rice, the fragment rice grown in India, is won by an American company. In India, ministers and scientists claim the ruling will not affect
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India, Australia join hands on agri sector
Indian and Australian agricultural scientists have agreed to strengthen bilateral programmes for developing sustainable agricultural systems and appropriate strategies for natural resource management
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization releases annual report
Economic growth can be positively influenced by improved nutrition, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a special section of its annual report, The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA
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Food parks in Himachal
At least six food parks will be set up in Himachal Pradesh for which the Government of India would extend financial support of Rs 4 crores
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Indo-French agriculture task force soon
A task force will be set up under the Indo-French working group on agriculture to explore expanding avenues of co-operation between the two countries.
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Babu declares 321-cr package for farmers
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced in the state assembly a fresh package of exemptions worth Rs 321 crore for the farmers, besides waiving special fees for school
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Bush signals historic shift to support green farming
A major shift in US agricultural policy towards support of environmentally sensitive farming methods appears to have the backing of the Bush
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Wine parks in Maharashtra soon
The Maharashtra Government has announced a new policy 'grapes processing industry of Maharashtra - 2001', under which wine parks would be set up in Nashik and Sangli to encourage the grape growers in
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Commercial GM sugar seen 10 years away - scientist
Genetically modified (GM) sugar would not be commercially produced for at least another ten years because of the complexity of the cane, a leading world sugar biotechnologist told an international
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France's Biogemma sues as another GM test uprooted
French biotechnology firm Biogemma said yesterday it had filed a lawsuit after militants destroyed another of its genetically modified (GM) maize crop trials.
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EU says welcomes new "greener" US farm policy
The European Commission said yesterday it welcomed an apparent change in U.S. farm policy away from traditional crop support and towards more environmental payments with an emphasis on external
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UK food adviser says Europe GM rules "unworkable"
Britain's food watchdog questioned European Union draft legislation aimed at calming consumer fears over gene-spliced foods yesterday and called on the UK government to push for watered down