Drought condition hits tea yield hard
Overall production of tea in the country has been hit hard by the severe drought condition in tea producing belts in North India and South India much to the worry of the industry which is passing
Overall production of tea in the country has been hit hard by the severe drought condition in tea producing belts in North India and South India much to the worry of the industry which is passing
Large-scale sand deposition after each wave of floods in the past few years has destroyed crop land in several districts of Assam and if the problem is not addressed on war footing, the phenomenon
Pest-resistant bollworm or Bt cotton used by 'US farmers may be vulnerable to attack by fall army worms, a report by Plains Cotton Growers said. "While Bollguard cottons are excellent against
The demand for food grain is increasing every day and every year there is need to produce additional around 6 million tonnes of foodgrains to meet the requirement of an estimated population of 1,120
The Andhra Pradesh government is drafting an integrated horticulture development programme for the state with a special focus on Chittoor, Ranga Reddy, Khammam, West Godavari and Vishakhapatnam
The European Union rejected a plea by Washington to give assurances to drought-stricken southern African countries about the safety of genetically modified emergency food relief. The US State
The Geneva based World Conservation Union, a federation of 70 countries, urged southern African nations to reject genetically modified food relief from the US until sufficient scientific research had
Haryana has been sanctioned an outlay of Rs 10285 crore for the Tenth Plan which is 10.47 per cent higher than the Ninth Plan approved outlay of Rs 9310 crore. The increase is significant given the
There has been an increase in milk procurement and agricultural production in Rajasthan. This in spite of four consecutive droughts in the state. The agriculture and milk procuring departments have
First reports from Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh, one of the cotton headquarters of India, endowed with fertile black cotton soil, speak of a 100 per cent failure of the Bt cotton crop. Farmers
The recent spells of rain is unlikely to neutralise the damage caused to crops by the prolonged dry spell as the current drought situation was the worst in more than a century, Director General of
With agricultural activities coming to a standstill in the State, Tamil Nadu's cattle wealth fodder for slaughter houses in Kerala. Several drought conditions have forced farmers to sell off their
Scientists at the Kerala Agriculture University's Cashew Research Station, Madakkathara, have developed an organic package of technologies for cultivating cashew. The group of scientists led by Dr.
The European Commission staged a partial retreat from its stance on US supplies of genetically modified food to Africa, when it said it would provide a meeting next week with proof that seven GM
The death of at least 14 cows due to anthrax in Hassan district of Karnataka calls for immediate action to halt the speed of the disease. The disease was first spotted early this month in two
The West Bengal state government's decision to engage crop doctors to advice farmers to augment yield has nose-dived because of failure to select right kind of persons for the job. The agriculture
While Gujarat state government dillydally's on the issue of declaring the state as drought hit, the insurance companies have stopped insuring crops fearing payments that they will have to make to the
A Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization will seek to counter famine in Mali by planting a new strain of rice in the northwestern Africa country, members of the organization said. The Motherland
Standing crops in more than 15,000 hectares have been affected in three Telangana districts of Adilabad, Warangal and Khammam due to the rains which lashed the region last week. According to
Jack Straw, UK foreign secretary, will give the UK's first explicit backing for a written constitution for the European Union, arguing that it must become the 'main aim' of the constitutional