PM's role sought on import of GM foods
Union agriculture ministry Ajit Singh has sought Prime Minister's intervention to make imports of genetically modified foods transparent. He has also called for banning imports of GM foods which are
Union agriculture ministry Ajit Singh has sought Prime Minister's intervention to make imports of genetically modified foods transparent. He has also called for banning imports of GM foods which are
No water in canals or decreased power supply to the rural areas is this actually the right policy of the Punjab state government to implement crop diversification plan in the state and that too
The Country's scientists have sequenced six million base pairs of chromosomes 11 of rice as part of the country's commitment to the International Consortium's initiative towards sequencing of rice
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, has achieved a breakthrough by developing a new variety of BT cotton through transfer of a bollworm-resistant BT gene into hybrid variety of
The agriculture department and agricultural universities in Karnataka will monitor the commercial production of BT cotton, which is being taken up on 16,836 acres in 12 districts, Agriculture Minster
South Korea was expected to end its slaughter of thousands of animals Thursday in areas blighted by foot-and-mouth diseases, and European governments urged soccer fans to avoid bringing the disease
Widespread cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe could impose extra costs on conventional farmers and have far-reaching consequences for farming practices, according to a draft
Agriculture minister Ajit Singh has written to the Prime Minister requesting his intervention in creating a system that can detect entry of transgenic foods into the country.
The UK government's food standards agency is considering a public education campaign about possible risks from BSE in sheep. Muslims, who make up a twentieth of the population but eat a fifth of the
No early end appears in sight to the week-long agitation of the Haryana unit of the Bhartiya Kisan Union against recovery of power overdues. With every passing day the situation is becoming grave as
Chief Conservator of Forest, Mr. R S Shukla, on Sunday evening informed that the first "green bank" of Uttar Pradesh has been opened at the Shivdaspur villager. The objective of this bank is to make
All India kisan sabha general secretary Varadarajan on Monday announced in Andhra Pradesh that the kisan sabha would launch a huge propaganda programme against the government policies and also an
Close on the heels of success in bollworm resistant Bt cotton, regulatory trials of a pest-resistant gene by Monsanto have been completed in the US and the approval is awaited. The CRY AB (2X) gene
Pondicherry Agriculture Minister Namassivayam today said a new paddy variety would be developed by the Pondicherry government run Agriculture College and Research Institute to raise the crop in
The Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans by the end of this year to toughen the standards that farms must meet if they want to label their produces as grown with reduced doses
Mr. V. Ramnath, Director-General, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, said in Shimla yesterday that Rs 334 crore rural godown scheme would go a long way in protecting the farm produce
The granary of the country, Punjab, presents a paradox. the number of farmers and agricultural labourers here has decreased over the past decade. The State now ranks 27th as regards proportion of
Government of Madhya Pradesh has introduced an innovative Green Card scheme, which seeks to use foodgrains as part of wages to create green in a unique "grain for green exchange". Green Cards would
The new US farm subsidy measure has shocked other agriculture exporting nations like Australia and New Zealand and developing countries and has drawn flak even from the World Bank and IMF which have
Scientists and environmental experts form Asian countries have advised caution with regard to Living Modified Organisms (LMO) or Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). Speaking at a workshop,