UP banking dept to assist farmers
The Uttar Pradesh banking department has decided to provide all possible financial assistance to the farmers in the state, if they are faced with drought or flood. Due to the drought conditions last
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Bush slams Europe over GM crop issue
US President George W Bush has accused Europe of hindering US efforts to end famine in Africa by blocking new bioengineered crops.
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Sugar production in Gujarat reaches all-time high
Sugar mills in Gujarat are facing a problem of plenty with record high stockpiles of a whopping 12 lakh tonne of sugar languishing in the state. So alarming is the situation that most mills are not
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NZ will now provide wool research tech to India
New Zeland will provide wool research technology to India under a memorandum of understanding signed between the Indian Institute of Carpet Technology and Wool Research Organisation of New
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Agro stress mgt for 2nd green revolution
Despite the Green revolution, the actual yield potential of most crops had not been realised due to various agricultural stresses, according to a scientist. A variety of abiotic and biotic stress
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HP cabinet finalises subsidies on fruit cartons
The Himachal cabinet in its meeting held in Shimla approved amendment in Himachal Pradesh Minor Mineral (Concession) revised rules 1971 to make it conform to the provisions of Panchayat (Extension
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Mysterious disease afflicts poultry
After afflicting hens in Haryana, a mysterious viral disease had hit poultry in Punjab. Thousands of egg laying hens in the Ludhiana district have perished due to the disease. The state government is
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Writing on the wall!
The prospect of West Bengal, currently India's largest rice producing state, failing to meet its food requirements in another four years because of the slump in agricultural growth will cause concern
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Rotation rules at GM crops panel
Four chiefs in five months. If that sounds like a precarious job,it's also one that becomes controversial with each meeting. It's the job of the chairperson of the genetic engineering approval
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Coffee seen hit by pre-monsoon failure
The erratic or near-failure of pre-monsoon showers this year is expected to affect the output of coffee and other plantation commodities such as pepper. Coffee growers say the situation is worse this
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Farm production dwindles due to continuous drought
Agricultural production of Madhya Pradesh is dwindling due to continuous drought. Not only Rabi but in Kharif crop also the state could not meet the target set for pulses, linseed and food
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Brazil coffee crop escapes frost
Brazilian growers said they saw no signs of coffee frost early on Monday in the key south Minas, northern Parana and Sao Paulo
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Roundtable forges sustainable rangeland criteria
American rangelands are in decline, and federal land management agencies have been under the gun for their lack of consistent, standardized national indicators for reporting the conservation status
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Delta farmers going in for short-term crops
Delta farmers, who had been raising paddy from time immemorial, now go in for alternate
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Chicken farmers reintroduce growth drugs despite public fear
One in five poultry companies that abandoned the use of antibiotics to make chickens grow faster are now using them again. Producers and retailers have quietly reintroduced growth promoters despite
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Micro farming project in Kamareddy planned
In view of the farming community's search for new employment opportunities due to severe dry spell leading to barren lands, the Andhra Pradesh state government has taken up a micro irrigation
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Plan to release 7 lakh packets of Bt cotton seed
Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Limited, which introduced Bt Cotton seeds in Indian market last year, is now planning to release about 7 lakh packets in the ensuing season this year, including more
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GM is cottage industry, hybrid seeds flood Gujarat fields
The entire seed belt of Gujarat is converted into one giant laboratory where enterprising farmers are mixing and crossing local varieties with the genetically modified one to develop their own
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Stage set for rice farming with minimum water
The Stage has been set up for making rice cultivation possible with minimum water and other inputs. The technology, had failed to take off unitl now. However, it is being recognised as a viable
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Farmers win redress in E. coli lawsuit
The Tokyo High Court ordered the government to pay some 16.9 million yen in redress to growers of "kaiware" daikon sprouts for branding the vegetable as a likely cause of a fatal outbreak of food