Unpalatable recipe
The problem of overflowing foodgrain inventories no longer appears to be insurmountable. the government has managed to achieve a spectacular increase in the foodgrain offtake from the public
The problem of overflowing foodgrain inventories no longer appears to be insurmountable. the government has managed to achieve a spectacular increase in the foodgrain offtake from the public
Mr Ajit Singh, the Union Agriculture Minister, said that archaic laws were coming in the way of crop diversification and introduction of contract farming and made it clear that the Centre would give
An ambitious 'E-agriculture marketing project', aiming at making agriculture marketing more effective in Madhya Pradesh was sanctioned at the 82nd meeting of the Mandi Board chaired by the state
On November 1, 1998, the mite disease struck coconut palms at two places in Karnataka - Varthur in Bangalore Urban district and Malur in Kolar district. Within two years, the disease spread to
The damage caused to the shutters of the bound in Andhakaranazhi and destruction of sluices, allowing saline water through the canals, has severely affected the paddy cultivation in Alappuzha,
Under the regular thudding of suburban local trains, money is being plucked from Palak leaves and patches of bhendi. But the Green Revolution ushered in more than two decades ago by both suburban
The Zimbabwean government has blocked emergency humanitarian assistance from the US to alleviate severe hunger among its people, on the grounds that the relief food was genetically modified.
U.S. agriculture and trade specialists are meeting this week with Chinese counterparts to further discuss Beijing's new regulations for allowing the import of genetically-modified soybeans, a U.S.
Spain has two months to rid shop shelves of "bio" labels on non-organic foods or the European Commission will take them to court, a European Union official said yesterday. The word "bio" is often
The likely fallout, negative or otherwise, of India joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) with respect to different sectors of the country's economy, have been widely debated. In Kerala Mr. A V
The controversy over the most popular wheat variety in Punjab PBW 343 thickens with a senior retired Punjab Agriculture University(PAU) faculty member Dr. Balwant Singh threatening to file a PIL
The Tamil Nadu State's first contract cotton farming or the integrated cotton cultivation mooted by the Pollachi-based ginning company, Appachi Cotton Company (ACC), was kickstarted on Sunday.
A small village in the arid wastes of the Deccan plateau may hold the key to the future of global agricultural practices, according to Greenpeace, the green movement. Deccan Development Society (DDS)
Innovative biotechnology can continue to transform Asia's agrarian economies to produce more food with less land, water, labour and chemicals while maintaining their natural biodiversity. Increasing
Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Police in Sivaganga are investigating the alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 3 crore in the implementation of National Wasteland watershed Development Project in
The farming community in the Amritsar district would soon be able to assess the Nitrogen requirement of paddy just by looking at the colour of the leaves, leading to more judicious use of urea. The
US Farm Bill of 2002 has incorporated many new provisions which are likely to depress global commodity prices and affect the exports of developing countries including India. This legislation is again
Even as controversy has erupted in China on the use of genetically modified Bt cotton seeds and its after effects, a section of non-governmental organisations in Maharashtra have come up with
Farmers are playing havoc with the sub-soil water resources by violating instructions issued by the Punjab Agriculture Department and Punjab Agricultural University pertaining to the transplantation
The traditional crop varieties grown by the tribals of Anamalai were becoming extinct in the plains, Wildlife Warden of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Pollachi V Ganesan said in Coimbatore