Corporation to get tougher with cattle owners
In an attempt to effectively enforce the ban on cattle rearing in the Chennai city limits, the Chennai Corporation has decided to sell the impounded cattle from this week through tender. Thus far,
In an attempt to effectively enforce the ban on cattle rearing in the Chennai city limits, the Chennai Corporation has decided to sell the impounded cattle from this week through tender. Thus far,
Sri Lankan Agriculture and Livestock Minister S.B.Dissanayake said the Treasury or its high officials cannot take decisions on the country's agriculture sector. "At present I have a conflict with
In a move that will ensure that pets dogs get vaccinated, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to make it mandatory for owners to register their pet dogs with the corporation. Vaccination
The United States and some European countries such as France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany and UK have rejected large consignments of Indian food exports. The US has rejected a consignment of
Bihar may not be able to meet the Tenth Plan target of foodgrain production going by the way the state is targeting annual production, a Planning Commission paper has said. According to a note
Walnut production is set to boom in Himachal Pradesh, as a fast growing variety now promises to bear fruit within a year instead of the usual eight years, say scientists. "These fast bearing walnut
The moot question is whether we should follow the environmentalists in India and withdraw the sanction accorded for growing BT cotton or follow the line of the US, China, Australia, Indonesia,
Now, we don't have to rely only on the curd to make ghee, a tree can prove to be an alternative source of ghee as well. This wonder tree also known as Kalpabriksha locally, literally means 'the tree
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh had strongly contested the Union Agriculture Ministry's decision to merge the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory located in the state capital
Aloe Vera, despite being identified as 'a new plant resource with the most promising prospects in the world', remains a disregarded plant, scattered in the wild, along the coast of southern India.
After a series of successful tests Bathalagoda Paddy Research Institute (Sri Lanka) has recommended a special variety of seed Paddy suitable for areas subjected to floods. This variety of Paddy has
While politicians and bureaucrats of undivided Bihar were allegedly busy making money out of fodder, no body cared for poor animals. Now, the the Jharkhand government has woken up and has decided to
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said his government was committed to ensuring food and financial security in the country. Vajpayee said the NDA government was making a special effort to
"We as a nation possess to our credit, and Engineering Technology running into a period of over 2500 years, which is much valued even , by the developed nations in the West. Our irrigation tanks
Keeping in view the role of agricultural scientists in food security of the country, the UP Council of Agricultural Research (UPCAR) organsied an award ceremony for the year 2002-03 in the auditorium
The government of Switzerland has agreed to provide a grant assistance of US $ 1.2 million to his Majesty's government of Nepal for the implementation of the Hill Maize Research Project Phase II. The
With the global awareness rising for eco-friendly products, Indian coir products have begun to enjoy a good market share abroad. Growing demand for these products, especially coir mats, is sustaining
The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), here has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) on Tuesday with the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) of the Philippine
The US Agriculture Department has said it has asked Monsanto Co. to provide additional information on its genetically modified wheat before the government completes its regulatory review. Monsanto,
Higher production, slowdown in consumption growth, flat world trade and decline in ending stocks will be the major features of the global cotton economy in 2003-04. China will be the star performer