It is too early to reach any firm conclusions on the unexpected finding of the toxic chemical acrylamide in fried and baked food by Sweden's National Food Administration (NFA), the UN Food and
After cotton farmers, it is the turn of tobacco and potato growers to reap benefits from biotechnology. Two months ago, the centre had allowed farmers to grow a genetically modified variety of cotton
The integrated cotton farming scheme would be launched in Andhra Pradesh on May 4. The scheme will focus on the "one village, one quality " concept for cotton and has provisions for payment of
In a move that should cheer exporters, the British government has withdrawn its proposal to split the basmati family into traditional and crossed varieties, based on their genetic origin. However,
The Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, today warned the state's farmers against going ahead with planting the varieties of Bt cotton, as no variety of the same have been approved for Punjab so
An ultra modern mushroom lab of the Horticulture Department was opened in Public Gardens by the Minister for Horticulture, P Narayaswamy Naidu on Tuesday. The 22 lakh lab, which was developed over a
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding for developing and upgradation of agricultural produce market committees and upgradation of cotton ginning and pressing units of Dabhoi, Botad, Unava, Gondal,
Alarmed by media reports that unscrupulous seed manufacturers and traders were wooing gullible farmers by promising supply of bollworm-resistant Bt cotton, the Andhra Pradesh Government will hold
The Kirti Kisan Union organised, a state level convention to discuss the impacts of the introduction of Bt cotton seed at Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall in Jalandhar today. The convention was attended by
Following the Word Trade Organisation rules, Pakistan has decided to ban unauthorised and commercial use of seeds without prior permission of the concerned company, sources said. Under the Trade
The people of a village in southeast England flexed their muscles against the British government this week with a vote rejecting plans for a trial of genetically modified maize in their backyard. As
Franz Fischler, European Union farm commissioner, won widespread backing from EU governments to cut cash handouts to farmers and use the money saved to boost the rural economy, enhance food quality
Faced with a severe shortage of ingredients and the consequent spurt in prices of poultry feed, the poultry industry in AP has sent an SOS to the Central government to allot at least 3 lakh tonnes
Alarmed by media reports that unscrupulous seed manufacturers and traders were wooing gullible farmers by promising supply of bullworm resistant Bt cotton, the Andhra Pradesh state government will
South Korea confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs and said it had discovered a suspected infection of a cow, prompting plans for an immediate cull of more than 10000 animals.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe declared a 'state of disaster' as worsening food shortages threatened starvation in many parts of the country. As a result of the prevalent drought, a state of
Under the centrally sponsored scheme of desert development Programme(DDP), an amount of Rs 49.36 crore has been released by teh centre to J&K state since 1995-96 till 31st December, 2001. The scheme
Public resistance to genetically modified food in the UK continues despite the increasing threat of a trade war between the EU and US over the issue of labelling, according to an opinion poll. The
A hypnotist was the featured guest at the soil conservation district's annual meeting a few weeks ago, a fitting diversion for a place where it has not rained for nearly a year and the land seems to
APPACHI Cotton Company, a cotton ginning and trading house in Pollachi near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has unveiled a working model of contract farming for cotton. The model cotton contract farming
