Patent sharks target Indian wheat variety
After neem, turmeric and Basmati, a hybrid of a traditional variety of wheat has been patented by a multinational corporation. The scientific establishment has reacted with shock to this latest case
After neem, turmeric and Basmati, a hybrid of a traditional variety of wheat has been patented by a multinational corporation. The scientific establishment has reacted with shock to this latest case
Europe would become an even tougher market for U.S. farmers raising genetically modified crops under pending rules that would require wider warning lables on food and a lot more red tape. In addition
The US has suspended plans to advance free trade talks with Egypt in response to the Arab country's decision not to join the US in the World Trade Organisation complaint against Europe's ban on
The scary possibility that famine may hit them again has led the Mizoram Government and its people to scout for means to prevent flowering of bamboo in the hill State in the wake of experts'
Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation a consortium of earth science professionals and autonomous research organisations has awarded a distinguished fellow membership for outstanding contribution to the noted
The Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka) will bring in amendments soon to the Regulation of Fertilizer Act 68 of 1998 to map up tough measures against errant traders who are involved in purchasing
Although concentrated efforts are on to make Tezpur in Assam a tourist spot in the world arena yet on the otherhand the city of eternal romance situated on the northern bank of the river Brahmaputra
The farmers who launched sowing operations in Saurashtra and South Gujarat following heavy rains last week are now worried as rains have started playing truant posing a great threat mainly to kharif
Saddled with debt following three years of drought, struggling farmers in Andhra Pradesh now have a new cause for worry - a severe seed crunch. Two incidents of violence in the past week highlighted
Treading firmly on controversial ground, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research is formulating a Rs 40-crore project on transgenics aimed at developing an 'A team' spread across institutes which
Canada sees major scope for investment in horticulture projects in Jammu and Kashmir. This is apart from other major avenues coming up for bilateral economic ties between India and Canada, the
A heavy incidence of white stem borer in arabica plants is likely to result lower coffee production during the next crop year starting October. The output is expected to be lower than the
The Spices Board, as part of its programme to develop spices cultivation in the north-eastern States, has proposed various schemes for implementing during the current Plan period. It has chalked out
The ministerial conference on agricultural science and technology that took place in Sacramento this week, and the recent G-8 summit in France, hardly eased the entrenched positions on agricultural
The European Union, hoping to remove the single biggest obstacle to progress in global trade talks, has agreed to change its four decade old system of generous agriculture supports. But whether the
The question is how much damage French President Jacques Chirac has managed to do to the world's current-free trade negotiations. The success of the Doha trade round hangs on progress in cutting farm
The work performance appraisal programme introduced by the Agriculture, Livestock and Samurdhi Ministry to evaluate the working performance of over 20,000 Ministry employees engaged in the
War, drought and runaway population growth will thwart efforts to halve global hunger by 2015 unless the full weight of science is brought to bear on food production, a farm research group for
Germany's Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement said he will push for the import of U.S.-developed genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs despite widespread European opposition to the products. In an
The European Parliament passed laws to force labelling of all genetically modified food in a move that could lead the EU to lift an unofficial ban on GM crops but may not be enough to halt a trade