New hybrid crop varieties released
The Indian Agriculture Research Institute(IARI) today released high yielding varieties of hybrid crops, vegetables and fruits, developed by it last year. The varieties which include two of wheat,
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PAU develops virus free Kinnow plants
The Kinnow growers in Punjab will start getting virus free Kinnow plants from next plantation period September,2002 thanks to the imagination of Dr. G.S. Kalkat, former vice-chancellor, Punjab
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Scientists urge better GM crop and food safety tests
Safety tests for eating genetically modified foods should be improved and more controls introduced to prevent environmental damage, two authoritative reports said. The Royal Society, the leading
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Need to step up crop productivity emphasised
Crop productivity would have to be stepped up by 136 to 157 per cent to meet the projected food grains demand of 294 million tonnes in 2020. This was a challenge for agriculture considering the fact
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Spreading message of traditional farming
After trying to grow more and more by using chemicals and fertilisers, agriculturists are slowly but surely walking back to nature. Villagers are now advocating the use of traditional methods of
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Biotech firms mull action against China over GMOs
Two big biotechnology-related companies are ready to take action against China if it goes ahead and implements controversial rules on genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, a U.S. lawyer said.
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GEF support on mushroom project
A community-based nursery and oak mushroom project in Trashiyangtse, Bhutan will receive US $7,719 support from Global Environment Facility Small Grants
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African NGO/CSOs fearing impact of structural adjustment programs, adopt cairo declaration for food secutiry
Heads of 30 African non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGO/CSOs) concluded a two-day consultation held in parallel to the 22nd UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Regional
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Working group on environment stresses on organic farming
The working group on environmental and occupational health for the Tenth Plan has advocated organic farming use of municipal and industrial waste in agriculture and accelerated thrust in development
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Supporting loot
Just how debilitating have the last 12 years of Rashtriya Janata Dal rule been for Bihar is clear from the latest report of administrative apathy emanating from the State. Bihar's farmers - already
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Revised Grain Bank scheme
The Central sector scheme of Grain Bank in tribal villages, which was launched in 1996-97, has been revised by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The revised plan simplifies not only the
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Bioterror : Monsanto MoU sows seeds of fear
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has opened gates for US food major Monsanto to carry experiments with its genetically modified cotton seeds anywhere in the Andhra Pradesh's agricultural fields.
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GM concern could mar US wheat sales to Egypt
U.S. wheat sales to Egypt could face pressure from concerns over genetically-modified (GM) wheat and the high price of the dollar, industry experts said at a conference to promote U.S. wheat.
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Farmers for greater say on GM crops
Strengthening marketing infrastructure for agricultural produce and leaving ground-level decisions, including use of genetically modified crops, to the farmers were among the issues strongly stressed
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GM groundnut from ICRISAT likely soon
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) here is currently working on a transgenic groundnut crop that is resistant to peanut clump virus, which is stated to be
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Managing drylands
Indian agriculture relies greatly on dryland farming for its growth and sustenance. Of India's total land area of 305 million hectares, nearly 68 million hectares are covered by forests and 143
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Ex-minister advocates use of Bt gene seeds
Former MP and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sanat Mehta has stated that cotton growers of India and Gujarat in particular have been pushed to the brink of ruin because the Central
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Farmers in Peru are turning again to Coca crop
The tightening supply has pushed the price of coca to new highs in recent months in Peru, drug market analysts say, making legitimate crops even less appealing while opening fresh opportunities for
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Farm bill likely to hurt Australian producers
The US Senate passed a $45 billion farm bill that steps away from free-market reforms begun in 1985. Passed despite White House objections, the bill is bad news for Australian primary producers and
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Restarting Afghan cycle of agriculture
While American troops search Afghanistan for terrorists, relief agencies feed its refugees and a nascent government seeks to restore order, something experts call essential for reviving the shattered