Horticulture pioneers left to wither
In the darkest days of the first world war British horticulturalists pioneered a new breed of fruit tree which caused a worldwide revolution. By cloning a new dwarf rootstock in 1917 they produced a
In the darkest days of the first world war British horticulturalists pioneered a new breed of fruit tree which caused a worldwide revolution. By cloning a new dwarf rootstock in 1917 they produced a
The Agriculture Policy - 2020 of Madhya Pradesh state would be declared in the coming months. The policy aims at expanding organic farming, effective implementation of Kisan Bandhu Scheme and holding
Mahyco-Monsanto(India) Ltd, the company that developed the first genetically modified Btcotton to be grown in India, claimed that its varieties increased farmers incomes by about Rs 7,000 per acre.
The Budget session is unlikely to see the passing of a bill to ban cow slaughter throughout the country and the unresolved issue of the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, not being recognised by the
Perturbed over the persistent field reports of 'failure' of Bt cotton crop, the Centre has asked the States to immediately send an official assessment on the performance of the country's crop. The
The collective farming (group farming0 of Oil palm was formally launched in the fields of Association of Gaonkars of Sarzora-Salcete recently by Agriculture Minister, Dayanand
In an effort to make Nepal's legislative framework compatible with the World Trade Organisation (WTO),the government is mulling tomake yet another amendment to the Food Act of 2023, which has already
Advisor to the National Commissioner, Supreme Court of India, Dr Mihir Shah in a letter to Chief Minister Digvijay Singh apprised of the grave food situation in the Chambal region districts of
ITC Ltd plans to create a trust against through which business enterprises both in the private and public sector can contribute to providing a range of critical services to the Indian farmer,
Andhra Pradesh and Punjab are looking at initiating contract research programmes with the International Food Policy and Research Institute based in Washington DC, USA, to fill the gaps in information
Even as the strange viral infection among egg laying hens has spread from Barwala poultry belt to poultry farms in Punjab, various government livestock health agencies have failed to isolate and
Though cotton sowing season is about to start shortly in Punjab, but not any Bt cotton variety has been approved for sowing in the state till date. In fact, lot of confusion prevails in the official
Performance reports from southern and central states on three hybrids of Bt cotton that have just come in, will provide the backdrop for a meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
When asked with regard to the Bt cotton, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is all for the starting of sowing of Bt cotton in this region, said that the first report made available to him
Enthused by the success of Kuppam Agricultural Project (KAP) in Chittoor district using Israeli dry-land farming technologies, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to replicate the model in
While the international debate on the pros and cons of Genetically Modified (GM) foods on human health continues, and experts remain divided on the issue, Nepal is taking up a
Paramjit Singh came to the Capital today along with thousands of women from far-flung villages of the country, asking for universalisation of the public distribution system (PDS) and cheap
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pulled up Food Corporation of India for inept vigilance system, discrepancies leading to procurement of sub-standard paddy and losses in handling and
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), along with ikisan.com of the city-based Nagarjuna group, would be setting up 100 Internet kiosks in 9 States under the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC).
Notwithstanding the shortage of water, which is natural and not artificial, the crop production has increased and we will have a bumper crop of wheat this year. This was stated by Pakistan