Test on genetically modified mustard sought
Gene campaign, an NGO, has been asked to make public the data on a genetically modified mustard sought to be introduced in the country by Proagro, a subsidiary of the multinational company. Aventis,
Gene campaign, an NGO, has been asked to make public the data on a genetically modified mustard sought to be introduced in the country by Proagro, a subsidiary of the multinational company. Aventis,
Earthworms too come at a price nowadays. They are being 'sold alive' for Rs 2000 a kg in many states- not for a culinary delight but to produce organic food! These wriggly creatures can actually eat
The crop loss in KanyaKumari district due to monsoon failure is put at Rs 40 crore. The average rainfall in the district up to Aug is 817 mm. But this year, only 500 mm has been recorded, a shortfall
The agriculture ministry's meteorology unit has come up with a weather forecast aimed at helping Bhutanese farmers. The Bhutan broadcasting service has already begun airing the 24-hour dzongkhag-wise
The United States is highly vulnerable to terrorist attacks on its livestock and food crops and needs a national plan to identify threats, direct research, gather intelligence and respond to
The finance ministry has reportedly suggested to state finance ministers that they allow panchayats to tax agricultural incomes. This, North Block apparently believes, can help boost revenue
In a bid to provide relief to the drought-affected farmers, the Government is considering a Rs 4,000 crore relief package to step up sowing of the rabi crop, Union Agriculture Minster Ajit Singh said
China may announce an extension of its interim rules for importing genetically modified soybeans before its president, Mr. Jiang Zemin, and the US President, Mr. George W Bush, meet next month, a
France has won the backing of a number of European Union government's for a campaign to undermine planned reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy, which pays more than euro 40bn ($39.3bn) a year in
Australia's drought-hit beef industry was warned that its A$3.7 billion ($2 billion) a year export trade could be lost if producers fed livestock with waste crops contaminated by chemical residues.
The World Bank has sanctioned a scheme of Rs 91 crore for checking the spread of diseases among milch animals in the Haryana state. The State government has already received the first installment of
Atleast 200 animals have been infected with the dreaded Foot-and-mouth disease(FMD) in different parts of Canacona taluk in Goa. Speaking Veterinary doctor attached to animal and Veterinary Services
Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh yesterday said that t recommendation for fixation of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for kharif crops has already been sent to the Cabinet and the drought report of
Crop disease researchers in Brazil have found several commercial soybean strains resistant to the possibly devastating Asian soy rust disease that appeared across the farm belt last season. The
Every block of Madhya Pradesh will have at least three organic farming villages and the farmers of these villages would encourage their counterparts in adjoining villages to follow suit. This was
The Project Director of the Directorate of Rice Research (DRR), Dr. B Mishra has won the Sanadhira Rice Research Award for his contributions to the development of salinity tolerance in rice in the
Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh today said that the Centre had released 9.25 lakh tonnes of foodgrains including two lakh tonnes of rice to Karnataka under food for work programme and would
Approval of a new two-gene genetically modified (GM) cotton variety is expected to produce a vast expansion of the GM crop in Australia, regulators and industry officials said on Wednesday. The
Approval of a new two-gene genetically modified (GM) cotton variety was expected to produce a vast expansion of the GM crop in Australia, regulators and industry officials said. The Office of the
China may announce an extension of its interim rules for importing genetically modified soybeans before President Jiang Zemin and U.S. President George W. Bush meet next month, a senior U.S. official