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 delayed South-West monsoon which slowed down farming operations in the southern districts of Kodagu, Mysore and Mandya, has picked up over the last few weeks. Although there has been heavy rain
Several speakers at the Round Table on "the menace of spurious seeds and scarcity of seeds" held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh called for amending the Seeds Regulation Act to impose stringent
Orchid cultivation in Goa State is poised for a major take-off with the Goa State Horticulture Corporation gearing up to exploit the potential of orchid plantation in the State. 20 farmers interested
The land and schemes are plenty, but the labourers are few. Hectares of agricultural land are lying fallow in the Municipal area of Canacona, Goa, despite a lot of agricultural schemes floated by the
First it was cotton; now it is mustard. Biotechnology companies from around the world are slowly but surely taking their first, furtive steps at "monopolising and colonising" traditional farming
The Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Agriculture and Co-operatives Mr Abdul Aziz Zargar has called upon the Scientists of Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) to launch special research
The Congress government in Delhi is on an "onion alert". As the Assembly elections approach, the government does not want to risk an onion crisis. Having wrested power from BJP five years back riding
Agriculture in India has become more dependent on the monsoon than less; and our large food reserves have led to a complacency that shuts our eyes to the reality that most small farmers are caught in
The British government has imposed tougher controls on bringing meat and other foodstuffs by passengers from the Subcontinent, particularly from India, into the country, officials said. The
The much awaited agro-food processing policy in Karnataka aims at attracting investments worth Rs 10,000 crore in the next 10 years. The key features of the policy, approved by the government early
