Trade talks stall over agricultural issues
The World Trade Organisation will miss yet another of its self-imposed negotiating deadlines, this time on all important agriculture, raising concern hat the entire Doha Round won't be completed on
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Sub-standard fertilizers affecting fruit, vegetables growth in valley'
Notwithstanding the good spell of rains and snowfall, the growth of fruit and vegetable market in the valley has suffered a setback due to the supply of sub-standard chemical fertilisers to the
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Genetically modified food still unlawful
Sri Lankan Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake refused to accept that the consumption of genetically modified food will cause health hazards. Replying to a query raised in
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Australia approves GM canola subject to inquiry
Australia gave the long-awaited clearance to the use of genetically modified (GM) canola, paving the way for the planting of the country's first GM food crop after an eight-week period of public
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4.5m fewer rabi hectares this year
A two-day national conference on agriculture, which is scheduled to begin here tomorrow, will seek to finalise a strategy for the ensuing kharif season.The conference will be held amid reports that
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War pushes up world urea prices
The Iraq war has pushed up urea prices in the international markets, West Asia being a big source of urea
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Six horticulture gardens privatised in Uttaranchal
The Uttaranchal government has privatised six horticulture gardens and leased out lands in 71 other gardens to private firms for setting up research units. Ayurvedic pharmaceutical firms, like Dabur,
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Food summit may miss targets to end hunger
The goal of the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) to halve the number of chronically undernourished prople by 2015 is unlikely to be met, according to the latest projections made by the United Nations
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Villagers flay govt violation
In 1908, the British government had banned construction on agriculture land in Delhi. But since then over two lakh houses in 360 villages have come up on such lands, many of which were subsequently
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Marxists procure paddy from kulaks!
West Bengal department officials have detected fogery in paddy procurement by the CPI-M run pnachayat samiti in Mohanpur block, Midnapore West. A farmer, Uma, Kanto Raul, lodged a complaint with
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Teri's new rapeseed mustard
It is a fat-burner, forex earner and nutrition provider. After a decade of research TERI has developed a new variety of rapeseed mustard which, it claims is more nutritious and produces oil that
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Crucial meet on Kharif strategy begins today
The crucial two-day national conference on agriculture to finalise the strategy for kharif (summer crop season) 2003 will begin in Delhi in the backdrop of the latest reports indicating that the area
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Punjab enters contract farming for basmati rice
In its ongoing agriculture diversification programme, the Punjab Government on Wednesday announced its foray into contract farming of basmati rice in collaboration with Rallis India Ltd, ICICI Bank
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Mari area attached to sericulture
Farmers of Madi area of Chitwan district (Nepal) are attached towards sericulture for the last few years. The farmers are being attracted in the sericulture following the decrease of the production
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State seeks 5.8 lakh metric tonnes of food grains
The Centre has been urged to release 5.80 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains and cash component of Rs 287.60 crore for drought relief works in the State until June, Minister of State for Revenue M
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M.P to allot ravine land
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved a scheme for allotment of cultivable ravines to villagers. The land would be allotted free of cost to those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
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Punjab seeks 1,280 cr for crop diversification
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, addressing the Agriculture Summit
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Tenth Plan can achieve 4% farm growth: Government
Agriculture secretary R C A Jain said the agriculture sector could clock a healthy annual growth of 4 per cent in the Tenth Plan despite a depressed 2.06 per cent growth in the ninth Plan. Jain said
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Contract farming law soon : Ajit Singh
A model contract farming law will be framed shortly which will enable a partnership between farmers and industry and lead to increase agriculture in India. This was stated by Ajit Singh, minister for
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Rabi foodgrain output likely to decline
Foodgrain production during the current rabi season may drop by over 7% from last year's 100.5 million tonnes due to poor post-monsoon rains. Production of pulses during the rabi season is expected