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
The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi has written to the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee complaining about the "over centralisation" of the procedure to allocate foodgrain to drought affected
It is now time for India agriculture to jump into an
Monsanto Co. has asked the Canadian and US regulators to attest to the safety of its genetically modified wheat, moving another step closer toward commercializing the grain, company officials have
The president A.P.J. Kalam, called for a second green revolution to feed the growing population. "At a time when land under cultivation is shrinking and the population increasing, doubling the
Punjab state government's much touted plan to diversify agriculture has fallen flat on its face at least for rabi season. This is evident from the fact that against the recommended area of 10 lakh
Chief Executive Officer of the Belgaum Zilla Parishat (ZP) Anjum Pervez has directed officials of the Agriculture Department to seek the help of experts at the University of Agricultural Sciences
Brazil said it is hopeful that Beijing will decide soon its soybeans meet Chinese rules on bio-engineered food imports, but traders were not as optimistic. Renato Amorim, head of the economic
The controversy over genetically modified(GM) foods has come alive again, with India rejecting a large import consignment of US soya corn blend on the grounds that it may contain GM genes. While
A revolution in Citronella cultivation introduced by Itanagar branch of Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) has given a new lease of life to about 130 families in Arunachal Pradesh, who have earned Rs
An evergreen revolution is probably the best answer to ensuring food security in an agrarian country like ours which has millions of hungry mouths to feed, said Dr M S Swaminathan, Chairman MSSRF,
