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,
Why did the count of malnutrition deaths in Thane district mount to 494 since April when the State government had identified -as early as May 15-19 remote tribal villages in Thane and 486 in
The United Nations warned that its emergency relief operation in Zambia would come to a halt in two weeks unless the government can overcome its objections to genetically modified (GM) food.
Agriculture is the key for spurring overall growth, targeted employment programmes that will directly address the alarming 8% incidence of under-employment and rural infrastructural connectivity,
Lack of timely and adequate rainfall is threatening to turn the Saurashtra (Gujarat) farmers into paupers, as they are faced with a huge crop loss worth Rs 8000 crore, as more than 60 per cent of the
The U.S. Agriculture Department raised its tally of drought damage to U.S. crops as evidence mounts that some farm states are slipping into recession. The government's monthly crop report showed that
With grains stores dwindling, the scourge of HIV/AIDS decimating an already weakened population and farmers fearing another grim harvest, the food crisis in northern Africa has worsened and now
There is no lack of good intentions for agriculture. The problems lie in implementation. Since the 1991 reforms, credit flows to small and marginal farmers have been squeezed, with financial
Scientists have reported a 'first-ever' on red reishi mushrooms. In a brief circulated to key government functionaries this week, the department of agriculture research and education (DARC) has
Milk from cloned cows and meat from the offspring of cloned cows and pigs could show up on grocery shelves as early as next year under the plans of livestock breeders who are already raising scores
The half-cooked idea of corporate farming has received special attention of the present regime, but it has evoked more fears than hopes among farmers. Corporate farming still remains a theory for
