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,
A federal court ruling on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), due last week, has been delayed and and it's unclear when it will be made, a court spokeswoman said. The delay comes despite the
Buried within the $397 billion spending bill that Congress has passed is a provision that would permit livestock producers to certify the label meat as
Former chief minister and Chairman of Revenue Reforms Commission Veerappa Moily today exhorted agriculturists to usher in the second phase of Green Revolution by taking up organic farming. Speaking
A very interesting part of the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's, address to the joint houses of the Parliament during the Budget session on Monday is his recommendation that there is ''an urgent
Kaushik Vermicompost Limited, Mangaldai, Assam, will produce an "organic manure" from agricultural wastes through vermicompost technology to maintain soil fertility in sustainable condition.
A three day national conference on "Plant biotechnology: Role in sustainable development" began with a call to extend the benefits of research to farmers and common people by improving the quality
The Union Environment Ministry has convened an inter-ministerial meeting on Feb 26, to address issues concerning import of genetically modified food articles and other products. While the main focus
Noted novelist and Booker prize winner Arundhati Roy is sharing the big prize money won by her recently with a group of former Chipko men. These members of a well-known environmental movement in the
After making foray in the IT industry, the Haryana Government has decided to promote the food processing industry through contract farming in a big way. The government will make efforts to attract
In his address to the joint session of Parliament, the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, suggested a review of agricultural policies which discouraged crop diversification. "There is an urgent need",
