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,
U.S. farmers made their case in favour of genetically-modified crops with the launch in Britain of a report aimed at dismissing commonly held misconceptions about the technology.
Southern Africa's agriculture ministers want to set up an advisory committee to help them determine the potential effects of genetically modified foods on their populations, an official said. The
You may not realise the difference but the mustard oil you purchase next year may come from a mustard seed that is worlds apart from the one that farmers in India have grown so far. Like Bt Cotton,
Total kharif crop production this year is likely to decline by 15-16 per cent, but is likely to be more or less made up by the expected higher rabi crop, Ajit Singh, union minister of agriculture,
The Tenth Plan holds special significance for Chhattisgarh as it will plan its development strategy as a separate state for the first time. Etched out of Madhya Pradesh in November 2000, Chhattisgarh
Southern Africa's agriculture ministers want to set up an advisory committee to help them determine the potential effects of genetically modified foods on their populations, an official said on
Gene campaign, an NGO, has been asked to make public the data on a genetically modified mustard sought to be introduced in the country by Proagro, a subsidiary of the multinational company. Aventis,
Earthworms too come at a price nowadays. They are being 'sold alive' for Rs 2000 a kg in many states- not for a culinary delight but to produce organic food! These wriggly creatures can actually eat
The crop loss in KanyaKumari district due to monsoon failure is put at Rs 40 crore. The average rainfall in the district up to Aug is 817 mm. But this year, only 500 mm has been recorded, a shortfall
The agriculture ministry's meteorology unit has come up with a weather forecast aimed at helping Bhutanese farmers. The Bhutan broadcasting service has already begun airing the 24-hour dzongkhag-wise
