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,
China said it will extend to April 2004 a measure easing transgenic food imports, but wary traders are awaiting official documents before committing to importing soybeans later. "We are worried they
One the lines of Mahiti ghars, Goa would now have krishi ghars to promote agro-activities in the state and to begin with 400 retail outlets belonging to the Goa Dairy are proposed to be used to sell
Foodgrain production is expected to fall for the third successive year this time. The fall is likely to be in the range of 1.5 million tons due to drought conditions in large parts of the country
The Haryana Chief Minister flagged off 2500 quintals of fodder from Jind to Alwar district of Rajasthan. After flagging off the trucks, the Chief Minister told that keeping in view the scarcity of
India and South Korea decided to jointly strive for safeguarding the interest of developing countries on agricultural issues in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations. India will urge
Mr Rajnath Singh, who took over as Union agriculture minister on May 27, committed that he would take a rigid stand on negotiations on agriculture at the WTO in the best interests of the country and
After tasting success from 'Hygrapes' brand of Thomson seedless varieties, the stage is now set for pink coloured grapes, musky flavoured varieties which are ready for commercial cultivation in
The Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Dr Mangala Rai, sought increased investments in agricultural research and development (R&D) to double the productivity of
Keeping something for everyone in his bag, President AP J Abdul Kalam has advised the farmers of Bihar to adopt multi-village system for the combined development of the State. "Bihar has got more
As part of its initiatives to improve grape cultivation in India, the National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune is working on developing weatehr stations which can forecast weather conditions as well
