Seeds of a revolution
With the Union Environment Ministry's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee clearing Bt Cotton, the era of genetically modified seeds has begun for the Indian farmer. The Government will, however,
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Allanasons to set up agro processing unit in Andhra Pradesh
After investing Rs 100 crore on agro-export unit in Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, the Allanasons Ltd proposes to set up Rs 75 crore agro-processing unit at Kuppam in chittor district.
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Potatoes to cigarettes, it's all in the genes
Right from the staple diet of rice and wheat to vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, and anything that go into the vegetables will all have had their genes tinkered with. Provided of course it is
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A record harvest
The recovery in agriculture in 2001-02 has now been confirmed with the government placing the first estimate of grain production at a record 210 million tonnes, which is 6.8 per cent higher than the
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UN steps in for Madhya Pradesh's food insecurity problem
Deputy Country Director, United Nations Food Programme, Wolfgang Harbinger, has said that Madhya Pradesh has been facing the worst ever food insecurity condition, where a major section of population
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Scientists decoding of rice DNA may be a boon for poorer nations
Scientists from China and from Swiss agricultural giant Syngenta AG separately published draft versions of the DNA makeup of rice. The reports, which may open a new era in the use of agricultural
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Goat plague claims 5000 lives in Chapai-Nawabganj
PPR(Pestedes Petitis Ruminant) known as goat-plague broke out sporadically indifferent parts of Chapai-Nawabganj district (Bangladesh) in early part of the last year and since then it has claimed at
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'NB-51 yields higher than Bt cotton'
The release of the three Bt-cotton hybrid developed by the high profile Monsanto-Mahyco combine may make farmers happy and please the industry but it cannot compare with NB-51 yield wise, officials
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Swaminathan for food security consortium
The setting up of a Food Security Consortium of India to ensure freedom from endemic hunger has been suggested by the agricultural scientists, Dr. M S Swaminathan. "Such a consortium will be timely.
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CM's gesture not enough to save crops in 3 taluks
Thanks to the efforts of the ministers and MPs in Bellary district, Karnataka, Chief Minister S M Krishna has directed the Irrigation Secretary to fax a requisition to the Tungabhadra Board to extend
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Chinese tried rice
China pipped her neighbours to the post this week by becoming the first Asian country to decipher the rice genome, a project it embarked upon barely three months ago. This is in keeping with China's
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Not by bread alone
Indian agriculture has crossed a watershed. The non-crop segments of the agriculture sector have overtaken the crop segment in terms of economic value. The contribution to GDP of dairying, poultry
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Science at what cost?
The Central Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has given a go ahead for the commercial planting of the controversial Bt cotton seeds in India. Environmental activists are expectedly up in arms
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Action plan for crop diversification
The Punjab state government has launched a special action plan for crop
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Weather forecasting stations to come up in all districts
Minister for agriculture Vadde Sobhabadreeswara Rao on Friday announced that weather stations would be set up in all districts of Andhra Pradesh to give early caution to the
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Selective procurement annoys farmers
Farmers are angry as government agencies are making selective procurement of wheat. Farmers have to wait for days to sell their wheat. Officials concerned say they have been procuring only that wheat
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MC may make manure from dry leaves
The Chandigarh city may soon become free of the leaf-burning menace. The leaves will instead be put to productive use if the proposal put forwarded by Municipal Councillor Chander Mukhi Sharma comes
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Farmers to get free sowing paddy
The Karnataka former chief Minister, S. Bangarappa, has set out on his own to provide relief to people affected by drought in his Shimoga Lok Sabha Constituency. Without looking to the state
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The Bt cotton circus
There is a strong lobby pushing Bt cotton, and this is why the seed has won government approval even though it is totally unsuited to Indian
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Rs65m allocated for agricultural research
Sindh minister for agriculture, food and forests Hassan Ali Chaniho has said that the Sindh government (Pakistan) is giving priority to the agricultural research as it has earmarked a record Rs65