New law soon for contract farming, says Ajit Singh
The government will soon come out with a model contract farming law which will enable contract farming to be carried out by corporates in India, according to Union minister for agriculture Ajit
The government will soon come out with a model contract farming law which will enable contract farming to be carried out by corporates in India, according to Union minister for agriculture Ajit
The Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, on Thursday hit out against high interest rates for lending in the agriculture sector and defended subsidies at the input level. "Loans for tractors
Brazilian Agriculture Minister, Mr Roberto Rodrigues, said that producers of conventional soyabeans would also have to bear the cost of certifying their beans as GM-free. "It begins with the
The Bihar Government has ordered a probe into the failure of the Monsanto's 'Kargil 900m' maize crop, which was cultivated over 1.4 lakh hectares in the state. Lured by the promise of high yield - 80
Protecting the U.S. food supply against bioterrorist attacks would be simple, says Marion Nestle, chair of the Nutrition and Food Studies department at New York University and author of the newly
The war in Iraq could be devastating for the country's rural economy with consequences on farmers' capacity to produce food, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned. The
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, was trying to sell the idea of crop diversification and contract farming to seek financial support from the RBI and investment support from private
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stressed on evolving a system wherein fruits and vegetables could be grown in and around Delhi. Addressing a seminar on 'Hi-tech Agriculture Technologies at the
Rhododendron, the wonderful flower of the Eastern Himalayas, is fast disappearing due to continuing environmental degradation in Arunachal Pradesh. Growing at an elevation of 1,500 metres to 4,500
The ICICI Group is looking an introducing weather insurance through its non-life arm ICICI Lombard General Insurance as a part of its focus on agriculture.Against the present state-subsidised crop
The Kerala Water Resources Minister, T. M. Jacob, has urged the Centre to include rubber and coir in the list of agricultural products for purposes relating to the WTO-agreement. He sent a fax
Assam as a state being largely dependent on agriculture, the Soil Conservation Department has to take measures for conservation of soil and water, which assumes special signigicance both in the hills
Foodgrain production registered a fall of 28 million tonne during 2002-03 over the previous year's output of 212 million tonne consequent to severe drought, an official said. The overall foodgrain
Saying that J&K is bestowed with vast potential in horticulture and medicinal plants, the Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Abdul Aziz Zargar today announced to develop Marhel belt in Samba
The Karnataka Government agreed to implement an eight point charter of demands submitted by the Mandya Zilla Raitha Hitaraskhana Samiti, and announced the constitution of a high level committee of
Barely literate women from seven villages in Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu who joined together and formed a self help group (SHG), are now experts in vermicomposting. The composting projects had
Indian coconut farmers will get international assistance to fight mite menace with the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) deciding to take up a programme to develop viable methods for
The President of the Indian Youth Congress, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, called upon his party workers to collect relief material for the drought affected poor farmers and landless labourers of
Plant breeding in future will integrate fully with agricultural research specifically and with biological, engineering and medical research generally. "Design of plants may become as routine as the
In response to the demand by farmers of Mandya district, the Karnataka State government today decided to set up an experts' committee to scientifically study the crop loss suffered by farmers in