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,
The new Quarantine Bill draft, now being considered by the Union Agriculture Ministry, had enough safeguards to ensure new pest varieties did not sneak into the country, officials at the Regional
Seven seed companies in Andhra Pradesh have joined hands to develop indigenously, comprehensive pest-resistant cotton varieties, to take on Monsanto's genetically modified Bt cotton, which entered
'Raithara Santhe' (farmers' fair) was inaugurated by Chief Minister S M Krishna at Yelahanka in Karnataka. The 'Raithara Santhe' at Yelahanka, first in the State, provides a platform for farmers to
Dr. Zvi Herman, Director of the Centre for International Agricultural Development Cooperation of Israel has submitted a report which focuses on the key issues faced by the Sri Lankan agriculture
Belgium's food safety agency said on the weekend it was looking into a possible Irish link in a growing food scandal involving a banned hormone found in Dutch pig feed. The AFSCA food safety agency
The Kuala Lampur-based United Nations Organisation for Projects Supervision (UNOPS) has strongly indicted the Mewat Development Agency (MDA) for not properly monitoring the utilisation of the
In the wake of the growing demand for organic tea worldwide, the Indian tea industry has set its sight on organic tea to tide over the current adverse market conditions. Over the past decade, the
The Food Park concept is getting a fillip in Karnataka as a new industry-led initiative has been launched to accelerate its growth in the State. A new company, Food Karnataka Ltd. (FKL), has been
Belgium's food safety agency said last week it was investigating whether raw materials supplied by a Belgian-based company were at the heart of a Dutch food scandal involving growth hormones found in
The government has made a mockery of its own stated national agricultural policy by encouraging 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in tea plantation. It has also exposed the government's
