Crop holiday for kharif under Yeleru canal
Keeping in mind the shortage of water to the domestic as well as industrial users of the steel city, the Andhra Pradesh state government has declared a crop holiday for the kharif season under Yeleru
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Experts recommend slow and sure way to control mite
The agricultural experts of Alumni Association of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, have asked the farmers to immediately desist from trying any chemical control measures to fight
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Agriculture and Livestock census in August/September
The Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka) will hold between August and September, the census of agriculture and livestock throughout the country said A.G.W. Nanayakkara, Superintendent of
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Central farm schemes for HP
There is a long term growth rate in production and productivity of foodgrains and oilseeds in Himachal Pradesh, although, with fluctuations due to aberrant weather conditions, the Rajya Sabha was
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Row over GM crops
The controversy over genetically manipulated crops took a new twist with scientists and progressive farmers divided over its impact on environment and some of them bringing pressure on the Centre to
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50 sheep vaccinated by shepherds die
Nearly 50 sheep died due to the side effects of the vaccine injected by the shepherds themselves at K Bevinahalli village in Harihar taluk of Karnataka on Tuesday. According to Dr. Cheluvaiah,
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First steps on relief
The government has finally taken the first of what will surely have to be many decisions to both minimise the impact of rainfall deficiency on agriculture and deal with the fallout on farm incomes
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EU agri budget 2002 to affect Indian Exports
The hope that the developed nations would implement their commitment for reducing their domestic support and subsidy to agriculture has now been belied. The developed countries has made their
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Sonia not in favour of govt joining agri panel
Mrs Sonia Ganghi has sent a letter to the Prime Minister, protesting against the agriculture ministry's recommendation that India should become a member of the Union for the Protection of New Plant
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Organic farming in the offing
To the variety of crisis, neither new nor unknown, that Punjab agriculture today faces, the most plausible way out that experts recommend is diversification, which itself involves diverse ideas and
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New agriculture policy should be job oriented, says minister
A Madhya Pradesh state level symposium, 'Vision-2020', was organised on Monday by State agriculture department to formulate State's new agriculture policy. Speaking on the occasion, State agriculture
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Indore agro scientists bag ICAR Team Research Award
A team of agricultural scientists from Indian Agricultural Research Institute's Regional wheat Research Centre in Indore has bagged the prestigious ICAR Team Research Award for their outstanding
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'India Organic' food logo floated to boost exports
The government unveiled the country's first 'India Organic' logo which would be used as an authentication mechanism for various organic products in the country as part of efforts to boost their
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Vaccinated sheep death toll now 113
The death toll of the vaccine-infected sheep shot up to 113 on Wednesday night and 80 are battling for their lives at K Bevinahalli village of Harihar taluk in Karnataka. According to veterinary
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Herbal energy feed for cows
A 24-year-old scientist has developed 'Biolacto', a herbal energy feed that would enrich milk yield in cows. The compound was prepared from herbs such as asparagus racemosus and ashwagandha, along
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Icrisat develops GM groundnut
The Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has developed the first ever genetically modified groundnut, engineered to confer resistance to the
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U.S. proposes to cut farm aid if EU and Japan will follow
Under fire from abroad for a huge boost in payments to American farmers, the Bush administration has sought to regain the high ground in the global trade debate with a sweeping proposal that would
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US agriculture reform plans stir up hostility
Japan and Europe lashed out at US proposals for wide-ranging reforms to agricultural subsidy regimes within the Doha Round of world trade negotiations, while Canada gave the plans a lukewarm
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Zambia to accept U.S. transgenic food aid
Zambia is expected to import genetically modified maize (corn) from the United States to feed its 2.3 million starving citizens, according to the Biotechnology Trust of Africa, a regional charitable
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Researchers sequence rice blast genome
U.S. researchers have completed the initial sequencing of the genome for a fungus that destroys rice grown around the world. A July 16 National Science Foundation press release says that sequencing