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,
Union Bank of India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for co-financing commercially viable agricultural and other
Farmers in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu have started raising nurseries for samba cultivation with the hope that they could sustain the crop using canal
A barbed-wire fence encloses a field full of vegetables, and security guards protect the perimeter of what is clearly not an ordinary garden. At harvest time, this well-guarded produce, instead of
Speakers at a meeting urged farmers to switch over to traditional farming to increase their earnings, as the usage of chemical agricultural input had affected the land yield. They were speaking on
Research in agriculture can play a vital role in poverty alleviation and boosting economy of the country. This was stated by Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Khair Mohammad
The Japan farm ministry filed criminal complaints against the former chiefs of three sales offices of a Nippon Meat Packers Inc. subsidiary on suspicion of defrauding the government out of nearly 10
With the release of water from the Grand Anaicut, farmers have started preparing for Samba cultivation in canal irrigated areas in the Cauvery delta district of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur. While raising
The Assam State bio-control Laboratory, Assam (SBCL, Assam) of the Department of Agriculture, has successfully released for the first time Trichogramma japonicum, a biocontrol agent produced by the
The European Union has deferred a proposal to ring about reforms in the farm sector by altering the balance of concessions accorded to India for graining market access for Basmati rice under the
Afghanistan's domestic production of food is 80 percent higher than it was in 2001, the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) reported August 14. A USAID press release said the substantial
