Developing and maintaining a secure and equitable water future underpins prosperity and peace for all. The relationship also works in the opposite direction, as poverty and inequality, social tensions,
By the year 2010, India would be the largest exporter of agricultural products, and biotechnology would play a pivotal role in adding value to the agricultural produce, secretary to Union department
Sri Lankan Agriculture and Livestock Minister S.B. Dissanayake said that countries with weak economies as well as wealthy countries help farmers in their own countries. "We in our own country it is
The Sri Lankan Government will shortly introduce a new River Valleys Act to develop the country's agricultural sector. The proposed Act will divide the country into six zones and uplift the
The Sri Lankan government is to buy the buffer paddy stocks of 200 tons directly from farmers for Rs.13.50 and through Co-operatives and sell them to Samurdhi recipients for the reasonable price of
It's a deal that could set biotech circles abuzz. Metahelix Life Sciences has found a taker for its technology platform to test new genes in a crop. That company is ViaLactia Biosciences a New
Britain's debate on gene-spliced crops stepped up a gear after two of the country's largest retailers joined forces with the Consumers' Association and Greenpeace to launch their own public forum to
The world's over-farmed soil is sick and has been rapidly getting sicker, but scientists say space-age, satellite-driven tractors are coming to the rescue. Heavy modern farm equipment is killing the
The Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott MP, has launched a new land regeneration scheme for the northwest. Billed as
Indian farmers face a major problem relating to what they actually produce. According to Director-General Mangala rai of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the country's post-harvest
Local or national governments cannot ban farmers from planting genetically modified crops, the European Commission said yesterday, supporting those farmers who want to embrace the controversial
