Organic tea to be available in country by 2004
Country's orthodox organic tea is expected to make its debut in the local and international markets by 2004. The health and environment-friendly quality tea is being grown at Kazi and Kazi Tea Estate
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Virus eats into sunflower crops in Raichur district
A virus (necrosis virus) has affected almost 70 pr cent of the sunflower crop in Lingsugur taluk of Raichur district in Karnataka and 90 pr cent of the crop in Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district. A
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Exporting basmati
At a time when there is a glut of rice in the country's godowns and markets, and there is almost a consensus on the need for crop diversification by weaning the farmer from the paddy-wheat rotation,
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Thane tribals can't access foodgrains
Why did the count of malnutrition deaths in Thane district mount to 494 since April when the State government had identified -as early as May 15-19 remote tribal villages in Thane and 486 in
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Zambia biotech food warning
The United Nations warned that its emergency relief operation in Zambia would come to a halt in two weeks unless the government can overcome its objections to genetically modified (GM) food.
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10th plan focus on farm sector growth
Agriculture is the key for spurring overall growth, targeted employment programmes that will directly address the alarming 8% incidence of under-employment and rural infrastructural connectivity,
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S'rashtra farmers face Rs 8000-cr crop yield loss
Lack of timely and adequate rainfall is threatening to turn the Saurashtra (Gujarat) farmers into paupers, as they are faced with a huge crop loss worth Rs 8000 crore, as more than 60 per cent of the
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Tally of drought damage rises
The U.S. Agriculture Department raised its tally of drought damage to U.S. crops as evidence mounts that some farm states are slipping into recession. The government's monthly crop report showed that
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After AIDS, dwindling food reserves haunt 14 m Africans
With grains stores dwindling, the scourge of HIV/AIDS decimating an already weakened population and farmers fearing another grim harvest, the food crisis in northern Africa has worsened and now
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Bypassing farmers
There is no lack of good intentions for agriculture. The problems lie in implementation. Since the 1991 reforms, credit flows to small and marginal farmers have been squeezed, with financial
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India claims breakthrough in mushrooms
Scientists have reported a 'first-ever' on red reishi mushrooms. In a brief circulated to key government functionaries this week, the department of agriculture research and education (DARC) has
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Food from clones nears market
Milk from cloned cows and meat from the offspring of cloned cows and pigs could show up on grocery shelves as early as next year under the plans of livestock breeders who are already raising scores
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The pros and cons of corporate farming
The half-cooked idea of corporate farming has received special attention of the present regime, but it has evoked more fears than hopes among farmers. Corporate farming still remains a theory for
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Agriculture an easy bioterror hit, panel says
Agriculture in the USA is vulnerable to an attack from biological organisms and there is little anyone can do to prevent it, a federal study by leading experts concludes. But the infrastructure that
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US farmers attack "myths" surrounding GM crops
U.S. farmers made their case in favour of genetically-modified crops with the launch in Britain of a report aimed at dismissing commonly held misconceptions about the technology.
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Southern African nations seek GMO advisory body
Southern Africa's agriculture ministers want to set up an advisory committee to help them determine the potential effects of genetically modified foods on their populations, an official said. The
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GM musted may be cleared soon
You may not realise the difference but the mustard oil you purchase next year may come from a mustard seed that is worlds apart from the one that farmers in India have grown so far. Like Bt Cotton,
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Kharif crop to be down 16%: Ajit Singh
Total kharif crop production this year is likely to decline by 15-16 per cent, but is likely to be more or less made up by the expected higher rabi crop, Ajit Singh, union minister of agriculture,
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Chhattisgarh will give priority to agriculture
The Tenth Plan holds special significance for Chhattisgarh as it will plan its development strategy as a separate state for the first time. Etched out of Madhya Pradesh in November 2000, Chhattisgarh
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Southern African nations seek GMO advisory body
Southern Africa's agriculture ministers want to set up an advisory committee to help them determine the potential effects of genetically modified foods on their populations, an official said on