Bt cotton variety can register better yields, claims study
Even as the debate rages over whether Bt crops are suitable for Indian farmers, a sample study, conducted by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Ltd, where cultivation of the
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Villagers protest against land acquisition move
Villagers of Ajabpur (Uttaranchal) gathered in large numbers under the banner of the 'Bhoomi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti' on 15 April to protest against the acquisition of 450 acres of their fertile land
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Centre moves on cow slaughter ban
In a move that could help the BJP keep the poll pot boiling, the Cabinet plans to ask the states and Union Territories to pass a resolution banning cow slaughter, and delegate to the Centre the
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CAG pulls up Food Corpn of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has hauled up the food sector behemoth, Food Corporation of India (FCI), for not exercising quality-related checks, accepting sub-standard rice in connivance
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'Food experts must focus more on WTO'
Technical and scientific experts rather than administrators should participate in the WTO-related negotiations on food safety and regulation standards, according to Professor M.K. Mukundan, Director,
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IGFRI project to grow disease-resistant fodder
The Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) has stepped in to train and educate farmers on raising high-yielding disease-resistant forage crops through a collaborative research project
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1,001 lambs sacrificed in TN temple, priest drinks blood
Here's another Indian claim to the Guinness Book of World Records. A temple priest, assisted by a few deputies, slaughtered 1,001 lambs in about three hours as a sacrifice for a village diety an
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Transforming agriculture
The Amarinder Singh government has drawn up an ambitious road map to change the face of agriculture in the Punjab state, even as the farm sector seeks to come to terms with the changing realities in
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Plan panel against cow slaughter ban
Guess who is against the ban on cow slaughter. The Planning Commission. Why? Because India simply cannot feed its several million cows. Today 16 out of every 100 cows in the world are Indian, not to
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INLD playing politics of fodder' for electoral gains
Believe it or not but the district which was a victim of drought last year is sending tonnes of fodder to the drought-hit areas of Rajasthan now. This has been made possible primarily due to the
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Sri Lanka, India in farm pact
India and Sri Lanka have agreed to exchange germplasm of selected plants and increase mutual co-operation in agricultural research. Under this accord, India will get germplasm of some medicinal and
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Cane production in state hit by pests
Though some agriculture experts claimed that the White Wooly Sugar Cane Aphide (WWSCA), the pest which destroyed hectares of sugarcane crop in western Maharashtra last season, is perishing and would
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Kamei pushes WTO on farm trade
Japan agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei met with Supachai Panitchpakdi, director general of the World Trade Organization, in Geneva and urged the WTO to accept the Japanese position on farm-trade
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Australia ends winter ban on live cattle to Middle East
Australia lifted a ban on the export of live sheep and cattle to the Middle East that was to begin May 1 for four months of southern hemisphere winter. Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said the ban
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Rubco, Australian firm sign pact to produce oil from raw coconuts
Marking a significant breakthrough in its business development activities, the Kannur-based Rubber Marketing Co-Operative (Rubco) in Kerala has signed a pact with Coconut Pacific Ltd of Australia for
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Farmer from Kottayam district enters Limca Book
George Mathew of Koruthodu in Kottayam district of Kerala has entered the Limca Book of Records for developing a unique method of vanilla cultivation. George Mathew said that the new method would
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Corporate agriculture makes it to the greenfields of Punjab
Corporate agriculture has become to Punjab's Captian Amarinder Singh what IT is to Chandrababu Naidu. From consulting the Washigton-based think-tank International Food Policy Reserch Institute,
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HP worries about legalizing poppy
Himachal Pradesh may soon become a state of drugs if illegal cultivation of cannabies, hashish and poppy in some of its areas continues. Officials trying to prevent illegal cultivation of these crops
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Maharashtra tops in Bt cotton cultivation acreage
The total cultivated area under Bt cotton in major growing states in the country has been estimated at 72,682 acres with Maharashtra topping the list at 30,699 acres during 2002-2003 season. Quoting
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Farm investment in northern region stagnating: Chamber
The North Indian States have failed to step up investment in agriculture and its allied services even as their expenditure on subsidising power and water to farmers has been rising, according to the