Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services,
War is in the air. Even if there is no outbreak of hostilities, the acts of terrorism may continue as part of the proxy war. The armed forces are reported to have taken comprehensive measures to
After the Monsanto-Mahyco combine's Bt cotton, which is slated for planting in farmers' fields from the ensuing Kharif season, the country is set to witness the commercialisation of another
A group of Canadian organic farmers launched a lawsuit against biotech giants Monsanto Co. and Aventis SA seeking compensation for damages caused by genetically modified canola they say is blowing
Taking a rearguard action, the Mewat Development Agency(MDA) a body created by the Haryana Government, for the overall development of Mewat areas in Gurgaon and Faridabad districts, has decided to
The Cabinet on Friday set up sub-committees to urgently draw up plan packages to help farmers and traditional workers in Kerala. The Cabinet would take final decisions on the packages on January 31
The worldwide commercialisation of genetically modified crops expanded substantially in 2001 with poor farmers in developing countries responsible for much of the increased take-up, according to a
The land route through Pakistan may have been the shortest way to transport wheat to Afghanistan's hungry, but it has also proved vert costly for India. Pakistan's food minister's statement that
Scientists at athe Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have refuted Pakistan's claim about Indian wheat being infested by Karnal Bunt (KB) disease. "There has been no outbreak of KB in our
Till the end of the last decade, Dhubri district was considered as the granary of Assam. The rice produced in the district used to feed the people of the district. But the wrath of nature has new
Effective implementation of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001, would provide the right opportunity to enhance the sustain growth in agricultural production, the Union
