No subsidy on agricultural items except wheat, cotton
The Pakistan Government has decided not to give any subsidy on any agricultural item, except wheat and cotton. A number of agricultural trade bodies had demanded subsidy and support price on
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Orissa to issue ID cards to farmers
The Orissa government has decided to issue identity cards to farmers to facilitate direct procurement of paddy by the Food Corporation of India. Official sources said ID cards would be introduced in
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GM cauliflower to resist moth attack
Agricultural scientists in country have put a foreign gene into cauliflower and created a variety that is resistant to diamondback moth attack. The scientists chose the popular cauliflower variety
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Research project to develop drought-tolerant crops
In a bid to save crops from drought in India as well as US, which is facing one of its driest season this year, scientists from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, are assisting
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Southern Africa seeks help for hunger, AIDS
Southern African leaders urged foreign donors this week to speed up food and debt relief for the region where millions of people face the twin scourges of hunger and AIDS. "We cannot do everything
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Orissa plans to launch massive rabi drive
The Orissa Government has planned a massive rabi drive to offset the extensive damage to the kharif crop by the drought which is still playing havoc in several districts of the state. The special
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Farmers detain MLA for irrigation water
A ruling party MLA, Ramlal Bharadwaj, detained for seven hours by farmers for irrigation water in drought-affected Chhattisgarh was released only after he promised to provide it within 24 hrs.
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Lessons for India
The severity with which the current drought has hit US agriculture and farmers should wake India and other developing countries to the fact that the American model of farming based on hi tech and
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Manipur lays stress on eco-friendly farming
Manipur, one of the eight northeastern states, has adopted a unique development strategy which will encourage only eco-friendly agricultural practices and pollution-free industry. The state has
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Kisanwatch Web Site in Telugu
'Kisanwatch', a public information website created by the Madhya Pradesh Government to view decisions of the World Trade Organizations (WTO) from the perspective of Indian farmers, is likely to have
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Notice to Government on UPOV
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Union government on a public interest litigation by the Gene campaign urging the Court to declare the Government decision to join the Union for Protection of
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Adopting of Genetic farming only alternate for farmers: Tekam
Madhya Pradesh state forest minister Davendra Tekam has said while concluding ceremony of genetic farming mass awareness Pad Yatra that in this present time using of chemical fertilisers and
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Plan panel seeks funds to tackle poor monsoon
The Planning Commission has asked the finance ministry for an additional Rs 12000 crore to make up for the impact of the poor monsoons in the current fiscal. In a presentation made to the Prime
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Weevil pest warms to life in south-west London
They're champing in Chelsea, Fulham and Pimlico, but despite their fancy taste in London addresses they are neither posh nor particularly fussy: they are vine weevils and they want to eat your
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Rethink on farm disease payouts
A full scale review of the compensation system for farmers caught up in animal disease outbreaks, such as foot and mouth, is to be undertaken by government amid signs it is not willing to underwrite
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Major Rabi, Kharif crops target revised upward
The Pakistan government has revised upward production target of all major Rabi and Kharif crops for 2002-03 by 5 to 7 percent over 2001-02, despite 34 percent less water availability. The judicious
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Drought impact felt on Haryana cattle sales
As Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and Union agriculture minister Ajit Singh battle over survey of drought-affected areas and the subsequent relief package, various agriculture-related
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WFP says seeks non-GM food aid for Zambia
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said that 12,000 tonnes of GM-free maize had begun arriving in Zambia and the agency was seeking another 16,000 tonnes from within southern Africa. Zambia, one of
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Contract farming programme launched
To introduce diversification in agriculture during the ensuing rabi season in the State, the government has launched a "contract farming programme" in Punjab. This was stated by Mr Amarjit Singh
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100 crore project for Anantapur
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced a Rs 100 crore pilot project of providing power transformers one each to a group of two -three farmers in Anantapur district, which is