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,
Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahaya said that use of geo based microbial manure has brought about revolution in the field of bio-farming. He was speaking at inauguration of national conference on 'role of
The final decision on commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard would soon be made as the tribals are in final stage of completion, ministry of environment and forests has
Pastures are being developed by cultivating improved varieties of grasses for the development of animal husbandry in the rural areas taking into consideration the increasing demand for milk and meat
Tractor major Mahaindra & Mahindra Ltd will soon start selling crop seeds to the farming community through its 450 odd dealer network. To this effect, it has signed an agreement with a Hyderabad
The government is finalising a policy framework for agricultural extension to serve the needs of the farming community. This policy is likely to be operationalised in the Tenth Plan period,
Despite claims by various State Governments Centre and its agencies in making available of food grains to poverty stricken people, the Chhattisgarh government pointed out that the Food Corporation of
The Union government says it is testing in some selected districts of the country a number of ideas from last year's new national policy on agriculture, with the experiments on technology
As part of moves to ameliorate farmers dependent on organic cultivation, the Centre is considering levying one per cent cess on chemical fertilisers and pesticides, besides providing them with a
India needs genetically modified (GM) crops as this will help increase food production, James Peacock, Chief, Common wealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Plant Industry, Canberra,
The British government of signaled a shift in policy on genetically modified crops when it backed calls for stronger measures to reduce possible cross contamination of non-GM
