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,
The Bihar Government has ordered a probe into the failure of the Monsanto's 'Kargil 900m' maize crop, which was cultivated over 1.4 lakh hectares in the state. Lured by the promise of high yield - 80
Protecting the U.S. food supply against bioterrorist attacks would be simple, says Marion Nestle, chair of the Nutrition and Food Studies department at New York University and author of the newly
The war in Iraq could be devastating for the country's rural economy with consequences on farmers' capacity to produce food, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned. The
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, was trying to sell the idea of crop diversification and contract farming to seek financial support from the RBI and investment support from private
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stressed on evolving a system wherein fruits and vegetables could be grown in and around Delhi. Addressing a seminar on 'Hi-tech Agriculture Technologies at the
Rhododendron, the wonderful flower of the Eastern Himalayas, is fast disappearing due to continuing environmental degradation in Arunachal Pradesh. Growing at an elevation of 1,500 metres to 4,500
The ICICI Group is looking an introducing weather insurance through its non-life arm ICICI Lombard General Insurance as a part of its focus on agriculture.Against the present state-subsidised crop
The Kerala Water Resources Minister, T. M. Jacob, has urged the Centre to include rubber and coir in the list of agricultural products for purposes relating to the WTO-agreement. He sent a fax
Assam as a state being largely dependent on agriculture, the Soil Conservation Department has to take measures for conservation of soil and water, which assumes special signigicance both in the hills
Foodgrain production registered a fall of 28 million tonne during 2002-03 over the previous year's output of 212 million tonne consequent to severe drought, an official said. The overall foodgrain
