Nothing official about it, but BT is bumper
Scientists may still be racking their brains over its pros and cons. The Punjab Government may have cottoned out of it. But the BT cotton crop is here. In all its pristine glory. Farmers from the
Scientists may still be racking their brains over its pros and cons. The Punjab Government may have cottoned out of it. But the BT cotton crop is here. In all its pristine glory. Farmers from the
Delhi Chief Secretary Shailaja Chandra on Thursday directed civic agencies and concerned government departments to frame an action plan to combat the problem of stray animals, especially monkeys, in
The Kerala State Government is setting up a National Centre for HACCP Certification (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) wit the objective of developing a team of experts in the design,
World Food Programme of UN has said that in Afghanistan due to drought about 40 lakh people living in regional and remote areas may be able to face acute food crisis. According to a report, WFP
Cotton farmers in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh have been passing through a crisis as the Cotton corporation of India officials have backtracked on the assurance of providing remunerative price
Scientists may still be racking their brains over its pros and cons and the government may have shown it the red signal. But BT cotton crop is here. Farmers from the Malwa region of Punjab who took
The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh has released a new white burley tobacco variety - named Swetha. This variety is resistant to black shank and mosaic pests
France and Germany last night surprised their European partners when they clinched an unexpected agreement to limit agricultural spending in the European Union after 2006 -breaking a deadlock that
An El Nino-induced drought that is forecast to cost the country 3.8 billion Australian dollars may halve grain production, according to analysts and traders. Australia will gather about 11.15 million
The summit meeting of the 15 European Union heads of Government concluded with a broad agreement to limit the Union's spending on subsidies to farmers better known as Common Agricultural Policy which
Biotech crops can reduce the need to plough, resulting in less erosion of topsoil and less air and water pollution, the Conservation Technology Information Centre concludes in a study presented at
Punjab is heating for a new record of paddy production despite drought. The state has already crossed the 100 lakh tonne mark. Starting from September, 107.28 lakh tonnes of paddy had arrived in
The Cairns group proposals on agriculture submitted to the World Trade Organisation mirror those of the US in calling for steep tariff cuts but ignoring the issue of domestic support . The
The Janata Dal president and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, has demanded formulation of national agricultural policy with 20 per cent budgetary support and 25 per cent of total loans
European Union leaders reluctantly endorsed a controversial Franco-German deal on farm spending after 2006 last night at the Brussels enlargement summit despite last-minute jitters from Germany, and
Jacques Chirac, French president , left Brussels summit of European Union leaders a happy man. In striking a pre-summit agreement with Germany's Gerhard Schroder on the future financing of the Common
Food security for all can hardly be guaranteed by the proverbial 'Gola Bhora Machh' at the state level. If it were that simple, the grain mountains and milk fountains of Europe and the United States
Growers in Prakistan blamed shortage of water, eruption of crop diseases and apathy of the irrigation department for drastic reduction in Jacobabad district's rice harvest. A major portion of the
Australia's largest live cattle exporter is trailblazing new ground by shipping cattle from the drought-stricken outback to graze beneath plantation palm oil trees in Malaysia. The company,
North Indian rice traders are encouraging farmers in and around Medchal in the Ranga Reddy district to sow the Yamini 130 superfine rice variety. Their intention is to use it as an adulterant in