Haryana to stress on crop diversification
The high level official and business delegation being led by Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala on a seven nation tour, arrived in Beijing from Shanghai to acquaint themselves with the
The high level official and business delegation being led by Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala on a seven nation tour, arrived in Beijing from Shanghai to acquaint themselves with the
Close on the heels of the claim made by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences that insect-promoted transgenic Bt-cotton has actually benefited the environment, a leading US research institute
The curry leaf plant, Murraya koenigii, is known for its medical value and for its extensive usage in south Indian cuisine, is reported to be the least exploited and studied tree species in the
The agriculture department has observed an outbreak of insect pest known as army worm in paddy nursery in Darmapur and Sazora villages of Salcete taluka of Goa and the department feels that they are
During the last decade soyabean had taken the place of 'Malav' soil on which cotton, jawar, maize and tilli crops were traditionally grown in the past. Seeing the income from soyabean crops the
Wider application of measures known to stem the spread of AIDS would prevent 29 million people in the world from becoming infected by 2010, according to two new studies reported.
Most of the farmers of Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) are worried about the increasing urbanisation in three districts. Due to the buying and selling of 50,700 hectare land through the valley farmers are
Bt cotton seed is being positioned for sowing in the Andhra Pradesh state following the clearance accorded by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of India. Monsanto-Mahyco and Mahyco will sell
The vitamin-rich 'golden rice' variety has some healthy competition: scientists at the International Crops Research Institute of the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad have found a variety of
Twenty-four cows died due to suffocation when, they were being carried in a truck to be slaughtered at Rampur, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday near Dasna town under the Mussoorie police station. A social
Quite contrary to the hype generated by corporates having large stake in agricultural biotechnology, a report recently released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on farm-level adoption of
Delhi government has decided to organise 'kisan goshthis' in the rural belt across Delhi to acquaint the farmers with the new developments taking place in the agricultural sector. This was said by
US efforts to break down European resistance to genetically modified food products suffered a setback after the European parliament voted to introduce the toughest GM labelling and traceability rules
Poland raised the stakes in its increasingly tense arguments with the European Union over access for Polish farmers to EU agricultural subsidies following the union's planned enlargement.
The European parliament backed stringent new labelling rules for genetically modified food, tightening up already tough proposals from the European Commission, but drawing immediate criticism from
Moscow and Washington, involved in a spat over the safety of U.S. poultry for several months, have moved closer to formulating a key document allowing imports to Russia to continue, a U.S. official
The "World Food Summit: 5 years later" which concluded in Rome on June 13 was supposed to address the most important human rights violation of our time - the denial of the right to food to millions.
Research projects in Punjab Agricultural University may get a boost with the state government allotting a fund of Rs 20 crore to constitute the Agriculture Research and Development Board. The
The Maharashtra state cabinet revered its earlier decision and lifted the ban imposed of milk producers cooperative unions to purchase milk from non-union members. Barely about two months ago the
The controversial decision by the Government of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), on March 26, 2002, to grant approval for the commercial release of genetically modified Bt