A decade after it began its spasmodic transition to capitalism, the Russian government is moving to dismantle one of the lasting legacies of the Stalinist era: The collectivisation of the country's
The controversy over the Greenpeace report on the environmental impact of transgenic Bt-cotton in China took a new turn with some officials of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
The Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (SAAG), Pakistan an umbrella organization of 15 civil society bodies working for the rights of farmers , has expressed concerns over the introduction of
The Australian government's gene technology regulator said last week it had received an application by agricultural chemical maker Monsanto Ltd for a license to grow genetically modified (GM) canola
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton is expected to be sowing less than half a per cent of the country's total cotton growing area in the current planting season due to limited availability of seeds.
Huge stocks of foodgrains, procured by various state agencies and stacked in the open, will remain exposed to a vigorous monsoon which is likely to break over Chandigarh region by the end of this
Dr. K.C. Azad, a former member of the state Planning Board, has been selected for the Rashtriya Rattan award by the Global Economic Council, New Delhi, for its contribution to the development of
A high level of the Haryana government, led by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, arrived in Paris today from Amsterdam. Chautala will be in Paris for two days and study modern agriculture practices
At the end of a review meeting here with her Cabinet colleagues and senior officials, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today announced a package of relief measures for farmers and farm labourers of
Scientists in Hyderabad have developed golden millet, a potential alternative to golden rice, that is being promoted by multinational for preventing blindness caused by Vitamin-A deficiency in the
The seed sector has since grown into a Rs 5,000 crore market, with many large firms in the fray. But the market remains in disarray for lack of standard trading norms. Basic requirements have been
Thousands of this country's white commercial farmers today are under government order not to work their fields, pushing Zimbabwe closer to a potentially devastating hunger crisis. About 2,900 farmers
Freed Kamaiyas in Dang district (Nepal) are earning living from Food Security Project implemented by the Ministry of Local Development in association with World Food Programme and GTZ, an
The Punjab government (Pakistan) will spend Rs656 million on 40 agriculture development schemes during the next financial year, Punjab Finance Minister Tariq Hameed claimed during the budget speech.
China's Ministry of Health said the July 1 enforcement of safety rules won't delay food imports that contain genetically modified organisms, which have been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Two white Zimbabwean farmers took the government to court in an effort to block its order that they abandon their farms. It was a test case closely watched by 3,000 others also facing eviction. A
There is an urgent need to enhance the effectiveness of India's contribution to the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission's (CAC) international food standards programme against national
The Tamil Nadu government granted Rs 168.18 crore as compensation to Cauvery delta farmers as they could not raise their paddy crop due to non-release of water from the Mettur Dam. According to a
For the first time, the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore has developed three tomato varieties - Sankranthi, Nandi and Vybhav - which are resistant to tomato leaf curl virus. These
A tight squeeze on funding by developed countries has severely hit research programme of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute in rainfed varieties of rice that are resistant to
