Farmers have been burdened further: Opp
The Opposition charged the Government with failing to provide measures to alleviate poverty, generate employment and boost agriculture in the Budget proposals. Dubbing the Budget as a bitter pill
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Optimum utilisation of rural resource
The use of cowdung as fertilizer is decreasing causing fall in the crops production in the districts of Shariatpur and Nilphamari. The people in these areas have been using cowdung as fuel. Due to
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Krishna promises State budget will be pro-farmer
Chief Minister S M Krishna today said the Karnataka State budget proposals for the year 2003-04 would be pro-farmers. Reacting to questions by reporters after the Humnabad election results were
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Nabard has given Rs 1000- cr aid to State'
The disbursements made by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabarad) to Karnataka State government for augmenting economic and social infrastructure in rural areas has touched
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Sheep Disaster
Over 350 sheep have perished in Karnataka recently after chewing a poisonous plant and due to diseases, according to Minister for Sugar and Animal Husbandry M Mahadev. While 180 sheep died in Kunigal
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Eat your fisc out
A hyge scam is perpetrated in every Union Budget, irrespective of the party in power. All politicians applaud it. For the next financial year the scam, aka, food subsidy, is worth Rs 27800 crore,
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Mills urged to get into contract farming of oilseeds crop
The oilseeds processing industry should engage in contract farming to increase yields and obtain assured raw material supplies; a group of mills can get together to establish backward linkages, the
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Project Banana : save it from extinction
Banana could well be on its way to extinction within the next one decade in the absence of enough reproductive and pest-resistance varieties of the species, scientists say. Grown in dozens of
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J-K may come out with new agriculture policy
Treating agriculture as a priority sector to boost the State's sagging economy, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is embarking on a new agriculture policy in the near future that would focus on
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Second agro-food park to be set up in Rajasthan
The second agro-food park of Rajasthan whose foundation stone will be laid at Boranda near Jodhpur, will help farmers get better prices for their produce and make a significant contribution to value
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The anti-poverty farce
Poverty eradication figures prominently in the Union finance minister's
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50 LT wheat worth Rs 3200 crore missing from Punjab FCI godown
The government has ordered an enquiry into alleged missing of grain worth over Rs 3200 crore from the Food Coprporation of India godowns. It also asked a top FCI official to proceed on leave
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China plans to relocate poor from rural wasteland areas
China, trying to tackle the desperate poverty still common in Asia's fastest-growing economy, will move up to half a million people each year from wastelands where there is no hope of development,
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Centre evolving model contract farming Bill
The Agriculture Ministry is evolving a model Bill for contract farming in the country. The Bill will try to provide ''a sort of tripartite agreement'' that will be worked out among farmers, companies
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Govt. against industrial status to agriculture
The Government is opposed to granting industrial status to agriculture as it already obtains facilities and benefits of the manufacturing sector besides those accruing from freeing of farm produce
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Monsanto clarifies on Bt cotton
Disputing the contention in a story titled "Bt cotton leads to losses" published in these columns, the Monsanto in a statement claimed that cultivation of Bt cotton was profitable. The company said
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Organic food reduces pesticide residues in children
A study of two to five-year olds in the US has found that consumption of organic food can have a significant effect on children's pesticide exposure. The study, by scientists at the University of
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Organic food has more healthy compounds - US report
Organically grown crops contain more healthy compounds than conventional crops, perhaps because they are not exposed to pesticides, U.S. researchers reported. Tests on organically and sustainably
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CM gets his way with farm policy
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's government in West Bengal unveiled its agriculture policy draft avoiding the controversial expression "contract farming", but opening the door for corporate role in what it
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China farm minister says GMO rules won't disrupt trade
China's rules on genetically modified food imports will not affect the grains trade, including soybean imports worth more than $1 billion annually, Minister of Agriculture Du Qinglin said. China will