Mugabe says 'loyal' farmers can keep some land
President Robert Mugabe ordered white farmers defying eviction orders to pack up and leave Zimbabwe, but said loyal farmers willing to cooperate with his government would not be left completely
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European honeybees swarm the Himalaya, threaten biodiversity
Swarms of European honeybees, introduced in the Himalayan environment in recent decades, are encroaching upon the territories of the indigenous honeybees, forcing the latter to disappear or go
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Farm power subsidies high in most states
Power subsidies to agriculture tower over the expenditure by most states on health, irrigation and rural development schemes. In Madhya Pradesh, power subsidies account for 70 per cent of the state's
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White Zimbabwe farmers ignore eviction deadline
A government deadline for Zimbabwe's white farmers to give up their land passed without incident, and it remained uncertain if the police would try to forcibly evict them. Local police officials said
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Govt. bans sale of Bt cotton seeds temporarily
Bowing to protests by farmers, the sale of Bt cotton seeds has been banned in Karnataka temporarily. Agriculture Minister Kaujalgi today issued the order at a massive rally of farmers organized in
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Project to enhance use of earthworms as fertlisers in UP
To create a better environment and also to prevent from the harmful effects of chemical and hazardous pesticides, Uttar Pradesh Government has started a project in which the farmers are trained to
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Water shortage turns 200,000 acres of land uncultivated
The shortage of water has badly affected paddy and cotton crops in five talukas of Dadu district(Pakistan) and rendered over 200,000 acres of land uncultivated, revealed a survey conducted by this
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Paddy farmers suffer after rice import
The purchase of this Yala seasons paddy in the Polonnaruwa district (Sri Lanka) will be adversely affected due to large stocks purchased earlier by the co-operative Societies and private mill owners
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'Developed nations' protectionism hits farmers in poorer countries
Protectionist polices and subsidising of cotton farming in developed countries are causing massive losses to developing countries, said textiles secretary SB Mohapatra. Developing countries are also
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Zambia turns away GM food aid for its starving
Zambia has rejected a shipment of genetically modified maize that forms part of an international emergency relief effort to ease the country's severe food shortages.About 1.75m of Zambia's people
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Despite ban, demand for mushrooms on the rise
Relatively small in size to justify its steep price and even though its collection and sale has been outlawed, the demand for mushrooms has been mushrooming all over Goa. Mushrooms should not be
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Canada to restrict US potatoes on virus worry
Canada will start restricting imports of U.S. potatoes starting on Wednesday to prevent a new virus from entering the country, a federal official said this week. The series of measures aimed at
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World Food Summit targets elusive, says FAO report
The targets of the World Food Summit 1996 are as elusive as ever six years later, a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report warns. "The target of the Summit to halve the number of hungry
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WHO seeks to allay African GM food fears
The World Health Organisation has summoned African governments to a crisis meeting in Zimbabwe to try and allay fears over genetically modified food as emergency relief. The meeting in Harare,
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Zimbabwe rounds up dozens of farmers
Accelerating President Robert Mugabe's efforts to seize white-owned farms, the police in Zimbabwe have arrested dozens of commercial farmers who have defied government eviction notices. A spokesman
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Dragon faces disappointment
Rather than ushering in a new age of prosperity, China's entry into the WTO threatens to push the country's farmers deeper into poverty. Since agriculture is the major source of livelihood for
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Monsanto scales back hopes for gene-modified products
Monsanto has dealt a blow to the biotech industry by accepting that it could take at least until 2005 to gain regulatory approval in Europe or Brazil for its genetically modified
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Probe into Indian food aid 'scam'
Senior politicians in Andhra Pradesh, one of India's fastest-growing states, have been accused of misappropriating thousands of tonnes of rice that were intended for farmers suffering from India's
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State fails to give enough non-land inputs to farmers
The West Bengal government hasn't been able to distribute enough non-land inputs like mini-kits and fertiliser among farmers, says a survey report on beneficiaries of land reforms released by the
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FAO sees limited success in fight against hunger
Globally there will be enough food for a growing world population which by the year 2030 will touch 8.3 billion; but hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will remain hungry and many