For the first time, a number of projects to develop wastelands in the country scattered among various departments have been brought under one umbrella: Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Mission.
The Centre has finalised eight locations in the northern region for conducting official trials of the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd's (Mahyco) Bt cotton in the current Kharif season. ICAR will
Five institutions and 20 scientists are currently engaged in the development of aerobic rice varieties that do not need continuous irrigation of fields. The Rs 4-crore research project is funded by
Farmers of some villages along the borderline of Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur districts, their animals and crops, have gradually fallen prey to deadly visible and invisible effects of overdose of
Even as Haryana farmers reap a bumper crop, their counterparts in Kalkha, Sutana and Karad villages are on the verge of starvation. The drain no.3, which passes through these villages, has become a
With the cooperation of the Punjab(Pakistan) government, the WAPDA has launched a three-month scheme to supply power to the agriculture sector at 33 per cent reduced rates. This was disclosed by
The world market was not ready for genetically modified (GM) wheat, which occupied a special category in the world food chain, industry leaders told the Grains Week conference. Millers and bakers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said an unapproved genetically altered Monsanto canola seed that may slipped into U.S. crops doesn't appear to pose health risks, a report that will help buffer
It is not only the farmers in the northern region who will be denied the opportunity to plant Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd's (Mahyco) Bt cotton this year. The bulk of cotton growers in the
War of words begun between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) over the Bt cotton issue. ICAR has objected to the remarks made by
After receiving approval from the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee for the commercial production of Bt cotton, the Monsanto-Mahyco combine has drawn up extensive plans for the sale of these
Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh has described dairying as one of the viable fields for diversification of agriculture as it had tremendous potential which could be used for the economic
More than 50 sheep died of a mysterious disease in Peddadagada village in Veepanagandla mandal in the last one week, according to sarpanch Mekala Venkataswamy. He demanded that district officials
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has recently developed an extraction process of 'azadirachtin' from neem seeds and neem-based pesticides. 'Azadurachtin' is one of the most important
Even as the Punjab Government has announced that Bt cotton seed will be available to farmers next year, some unscrupulous traders have started cheating the farmers by selling them spurious
Two strains of rice, japanica and indica, have been decoded in what could be a momentous chapter in the annals of science. The first was done by a Swiss company and the latter in a joint effort by US
China, which has become a member of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) during the recent ministerial meeting at Doha, has sought India's advice on how to protect its agriculture under the WTO regime,
J&K Chief minister Farooq Abdullah has demanded that a technology mission for horticultural crops should be started in his state. He said that in view of the drought conditions in the state, the
The final evaluation report of the Central Institute for cotton research on Bt cotton field trials shows that these varieties, developed by Monsanto and marketed by Mahyco in India, are still
Since there are few takers for wheat and paddy crop outside Punjab, farmers should go in for cash crops like turmeric, onion and oilseeds to break the monopoly of other states. These are the view of
