New policy soon to help bee-keeping industry
The Karnataka state government will shortly introduce minimum support price and procurement policies for honey and its by-products to ensure that the efforts of the farmers in bee-keeping are well
The Karnataka state government will shortly introduce minimum support price and procurement policies for honey and its by-products to ensure that the efforts of the farmers in bee-keeping are well
Madhya Pradesh government has sought additional assistance of Rs 80.95 crore for giving relief to the farmers and other persons affected by the recent hailstorm. The Revenue Department had sent a
The Economic Survey makes a strong case for a drastic change in the country's food management policy and therefore, in the overall agricultural strategy. Apart from reforming procurement and price
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is appealing for US$1 537 066 towards assistance to 77 720 drought-affected farming households in western regions of Georgia. Two years of drought have
For the first time more than 40 European countries will meet to discuss food safety and quality issues, and how to strengthen consumer confidence after recent food scares. The 'Pan-European
Hike in fertiliser price announced in union Budget would put extra burden on small and marginal farmers by increasing the cost of farm production by about Rs 12 per hectare, a top official said.
Emergency food assistance is urgently required in South Africa till the next main harvest. Shortages have emerged in rural and urban areas of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe where maize stocks, the
The efforts of the Karnataka government in developing the IT sectors may be commendable, but it seems to ignore the challenges to improve the standard of living. The farmers of the state have gained
India has offered to help Afghanistan in the rehabilitation of agricuture, its mainstay. Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh gave the assurance to this effect to the visiting Afghan Agriculture
Last week, the Union agriculture secretary, Mr J N L Srivastava, announced triumphantly that foodgrain production in the current year is likely to be 209 million tonnes and that agriculture would
The new milk procurement policy of the Maharashtra government will affect the livelihood of farmers working in the dairy
Even as the wind of ongoing reforms is blowing through various sectors of economy, a complaint is that they have not focussed sufficiently on what needs to be done for agriculture. The development
Expressing concern over the suicides by cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh, the Human Rights Council, Visakhapatnam, has sought the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to direct
With the help of robots and a little training, 150 cows on the H E Heindel & Sons dairy farm are practically milking themselves. One of seven farms in Pennsylvania that are experimenting with robotic
With Haryana having exceeded its food grain production target once again, the state chief secretary L M Goyal has asserted that it is high time now that the state goes in for diversification of
The Post Green Revolution situation in Punjab has no parallel in the world. But as a consequence, there have been political implications as also a sea change in the socio-economic scenario that is
The US may have embraced genetically modified crop technology but its national Academy of Sciences has called for greater rigour in reviewing the potential environmental effects of new transgenic
Crop loss in the country due to nematode incidence is estimated around Rs 24,000 crores. According to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor, S Kannaiyan, the first outbreak of
The Union government has told the Delhi high court that it has adequate infrastructure and expertise to screen and check the inflow of harmful genetically modified products and the petition
The skepticism around food parks notwithstanding, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MFPI) plans to propose an increase in the quantum of assistance given to food parks in the Tenth Five