Farmers defy Mugabe deadline
Zimbabwe's white farmers mostly defied a government deadline for them to leave their land at midnight last night, with many finding a frail hope of reprieve in a last-minute court ruling. Only a
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Italian court probes 10 seed companies over GMOs
An Italian court is investigating 10 seed companies for allegedly using maize containing genetic material in violation of Italian law, a judicial official said. The court in Turin launched the probe
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Cede data on field trials on cotton: Gene campaign
Gene Campaign appealed to the President of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India's premier agricultural body, to release to the public the data collected in the field trials conducted
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More 'pulse villages', says CM
Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced that the government will extend the ' Pulse Villages' concept developed at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation to all over the Tamil Nadu
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Bengal spikes McKinsey for politically correct Swaminathan
A day after forsaking McKinsey's recommendations, the government indicated that the new agricultural policy, the making of which was at the Centre of a political storm over the past few months, would
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Modern labs to be set up for improving wheat quality
Modern laboratories to test and improve the quality of wheat will be set up throughout Pakistan so that it may procure maximum profit in the international market. The decision was made at a meeting
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Of yearnings and yields
Glossy, scarlet Singapore cherries, millets, a variety of pulses, vegetables tamarind and neem grow lavishly with enviable flourish in an area which has been termed as semi-arid with hardly 400 mm of
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CII for developing dry land farming
To tackle the drought situation, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has asked the government to develop dry land cultivation, popularise water saving irrigation techniques and grant 50 per
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Engineered genes help wild weeds thrive
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that foreign genes from a genetically engineered crop plant can migrate into wild plants in a natural environment. A study released shows that wild
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Government to seek review of crop damage criteria
Punjab will represent to the Centre to seek a change in the parameters for determining the damage to crops. The suggested changes will form a part of the assessment report to be submitted to the
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Two more buffaloes die of mysterious disease
With the death of two more buffaloes, the number of these milch cattle having fallen prey to some mysterious disease has risen to 16 in some villages of Kalujhanda panchayat of Barotiwala area in
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Mozambique accepts GM food
Mozambique, in the midst of a hunger crisis, accepted its first shipment of genetically modified food aid from the United States on Wednesday. Mozambique had previously expressed concern about taking
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Investment in food processing may cross Rs 92000 cr: NCAER
The National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has estimated that investment in the food processing sector is likely to go up to Rs 92000 crore during the Tenth Plan from Rs 38530 crore
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Australia and Brazil attack EU sugar subsidy
Australia and Brazil are planning to challenge the European Union's subsidies for sugar farmers at the World Trade Organisation in a case that will strike at the foundations of Europe's common
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Minister lauds organic farming
It was the fertilizer importers and not the farmers who benefited from the Urea subsidy said Sri-Lankan Minister of Agriculture and Livestock S.B. Dissanayake at a workshop on " organic farming and
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Zimbabwe farmers in court for refusing to leave land
Zimbabwe charged five white farmers yesterday and arrested up to 10 others for defying government orders to vacate land picked for redistribution to landless black people. Zimbabwe President Robert
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Threat to genetic integrity
The World's centres of crop genetic diversity are the part of biodiversity that feeds people. The gene banks within those centres are critical for global food security. Now, the Meso-American centre
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Cabinet okays proposal for energising 1 lakh agri pumps
Maharashtra cabinet gave green signal for a proposal to energise one lakh agricultural pumps across the state during 2002-03. The proposal to be implemented by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board
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Modern farming trends ' hazardous '
A one day session on "Food security and poison free farming" was held at Palampur in which farmers, development workers, farm scientists from various agencies from Kangra, Chamba, Mandi, Bilaspur and
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Scientists identify genes to enhance shelf-life of fruits
Imagine enjoying your favourite fruit even after the season is over - that too without having them cold stored or treat with preservatives. Thought one may dismiss it as wishful thinking, but