India can complete, if it tries
The sight of government granaries overflowing with wheat and rice is a good metaphor for Indian agriculture : plenty of potential that's stuck at the starting gate. After the World Trade Organisation
The sight of government granaries overflowing with wheat and rice is a good metaphor for Indian agriculture : plenty of potential that's stuck at the starting gate. After the World Trade Organisation
As data on authorised trails of genetically-modified cotton begins to flow in, the opposing camps are beginning to take their positions. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) undertaking
The Bush administration is stepping up pressure on European commission to approve imports of a dozen crops made with genetically modified organisms, warning that a continuation of the moratorium
Land redistribution and resettlement programs in the southern African country of Zimbabwe were supposed to solve the problems of black landless families by giving them land confiscated from white
The Soil Survey of Pakistan, an attached department of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, has proposed the preparation of a national agricultural land use plan to provide a scientific
Senate Republicans effectively killed the $171 billion farm bill, blocking the Democratic measure for this session. The wide-ranging bill, which covers food stamps, rural development, and
The US has kept out, voluntary organisations are not uncritical but for once scientists and bureaucrats seen reasonably happy. This goes for a month old international treaty which aims at sustainable
Andhra pradesh Rythu Sangham, the state's farmers organisation, has opposed any move by the government to allow cultivation of Bt
Adopting strict organic farming methods can be reliable way out from the crisis that the cashew farmers are facing now in the wake of the falling prices of their produce and the extreme competitive
Seven cattle of the Shiv Gaushala have died in past two days due to the foot-and-mouth disease under the Sihani Gate police station in Ghaziabad. The veterinary doctor of the areas has not paid any
The continuing spate of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary
The venture, called Threemile Canyon Farms, near Boardmen Oregon, recently began operating one of the biggest agricultural operations in the U.S. The effort calls for milking up to 15000 dairy cows,
Next September the 1996 farm bill the Freedom to Farm Act expires. It has been a failure in almost every respect. It promised to reform a system of federal farm subsidies that had grown equitable
Agriculture is under rapid transformation the world over even as it is growing increasingly technology intensive, said the Union Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ajit Singh, at the 38th Annual Session
The Society for Preservation of Environment and Quality of Life (SPEQL), which has pioneered the development of vermiculture here from the biomass of municipal solid waste, is selling vermin compost,
India has established a worked record of 80 quintal per hectare in yield of maize in kharif season. Demonstration in selected areas of Lucknow, Barabanki and Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh by technology
The German government will take around a year to decide whether to allow commercial cultivation of genetically-modified (GM) crops, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ministry
The Haryana Government has so far delivered 4.04 lakh tonnes of rice to the Food Corporation of India for the Central pool. An official spokesman disclosed that out of this, more than 1.6 lakh tonnes
Voluntary organisation Bharatiya Cattle Resource Development Foundation (BCRDF), with its mission of 'Tractors for All' seems all set to revolutionise the look of rural India. BCRDF has designed a
The West Bengal government has welcomed private sector initiatives to strengthen the agricultural infrastructure in the state with emphasis on expansion of storage capacities for agricultural