Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
Producers, consumers and activist organisations in the developed economies have been concerned with health implications of food commercially available. Strict laws relating to food safety have forced
The Tamil Nadu-based Rasi Seeds has developed five hybrids of Bt cotton and has secured permission from the department of biotechnology to conduct limited field trails under controlled conditions in
Union agriculture minister, Ajit Singh, has rightly stressed upon the need to make imports of Genetically Modified Organisms transparent. in the past, GMOs have found their way into India
Only when the farmers were recovering from the mite disease and fall in price, the coconut growers of Danagere taluk of Karnataka are faced with a new problem - blackheaded caterpillar menace. About
The Director of the Central Institute of Cotton Research Director, Mr. C D Mayee, has cautioned against claims that the transgenic crop is totally pest-free. He said the new variety of crop could
The expert committee that went into farmers suicides in Karnataka has called for a critical evaluation of the current schemes of poverty alleviation meant for farmers' development and welfare by an
Tamil Nadu (TN) farmers are among the few selected in six states in the country to plant 'Bollgard' Bt cotton this season. Of the proposed 1.9 lakh hectares to be covered by this pest-resistant
For the first time in the country, Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) has developed a technology was initiated by the commerce ministry and funded by the department
Europe will not be diverted from planned reforms to its farm subsidy regime, despite the approval by US lawmakers of a new farm bill that will ratchet up payments to US farmers over the next decade.
Moroccan desert locusts voracious and prolific bugs that eat virtually everything in their path. This swarm reached Ghausruddin's village three days before, and he was racing to hand spray
