Zargar favours joint farming for optimum produce
Minister for Agriculture and Coorperatives Mr Abdul Aziz Zargar called for an integrated strategy for consolidation of fragmented land holdings in Jammu and Kashmir state to give a boost to the
Minister for Agriculture and Coorperatives Mr Abdul Aziz Zargar called for an integrated strategy for consolidation of fragmented land holdings in Jammu and Kashmir state to give a boost to the
District Kathua of Jammu and Kashmir is fortunated to have different weather conditions and varied climates. It has sub-tropical climate in the plain areas, and around Dhar-Udhampur Road. Billawar
The US would ask the World Trade Organisation to overturn Europe's ban on new biotech food and other goods, claiming the policy violated global trade rules, the Bush administration said. Last ditch
There was a startling statement in the press a few days ago that a GM potato variety would be available in India within six months. Curiously, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has
India has cautioned the WTO members against "over-ambitious" targets in ongoing negotiations to liberalise trade in agriculture. India feels ground realities should be kept in mind to ensure success
Coir Board has proposed an exclusive scheme to the Union government for promoting the useof coir bhoovastra for soil erosion and Civil Engineering Applications in India, bord chairman, C Chandran
The application of small doses of deficient micronutrients, boron and sulphur, to the soil in the watersheds being developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
The importance of the agrichemical industry is fast declining in the country with the advent of multinational companies into this sector, according to Mr G. S. Raju, Director of Nagarjuna Agrichem
Despite successive years of deficient rainfall or even drought, Tamil Nadu's agriculture policy has remained myopic. The cropping pattern is arrived at not based on the water that is actually
The first week of first monsoon has cheered everyone. However, farmers are unable to reap the benefits of the timely arrival of the South-West Monsoon. Shortage of certified seeds has severely
Eighty gendarmes swooped on France's anti-globalisation figurehead, Jos
Michael Meacher may have just been sacked as environment minister after six years of high-profile office, but he shows no bitterness or rancour about handing over to Elliot Morley. And he clearly has
The Pakistan government has adopted special steps to boost that country's cotton industry and market through a series of amendments. The Pakistani government as appointed a standard committee to look
Talks between the United States and the European Union over opening up Europe to genetically modifief foods have broken down in Geneva, the Bush administration has announced, heightening
Given the Gujarat state's entrepreneurial skills and a fine infrastructure already in place, agriculture minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma said Gujarat should strive to become the 'food factory of the
The cross-breeding of finer wool yielding 'Bharat Merino' sheep with the local sheep varieties being attempted in the South to enhance the quality of the wool harvested from the animal may depend on
It is shocking that a farmer in Belgaum district, who was unable to pay the loans he had taken, poisoned his wife, three daughters and then consumed poison himself. All of them died. The tragedy
Europe has shot back at Washington in their war over genetically modified food, accusing President George. W. Bush of falsefoods about EU restrictions on the eve of a summit meant to ease
The European Union rejected a complaint from the U.S. President, George W. Bush, that the E.U.'s restrictions on genetically modified crops were hurting poor African farmers. ''It is false we are
International Crops Research Institute Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), Hyderabad is developing a technology using molecular markers to be used during seed certification process. Called as DUS