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,
Of all Indian products primed for export, this one may be the most unlikely. Yet the Japanese are lapping up mandua (finger millet, or ragi, as it is known in the south) and, if all goes according to
It's the perfect cocktail, the mix of the legendary Punjabi enterprise and MNC expertise. In this village in Ludhiana district, the combination has been reaping a highly profitable crop for the past
The Central Avian Research Institute in Bareilly has designed
Indians may associate goats only with succulent meat curries, but if the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) has its way, goat milk will soon become an alternative to cow/buffalo milk, especially
This Monsoon session, the Agriculture ministry is inundated with questions on genetically-modified (GM) crops, especially those designed to fight pests. Instead of dragging the debate, the pro and
The Goa government has cautioned the state's sugarcane farmers about a possibility attack of hte deadly white woolly aphid from neighbouring Mahrashtra and Karnataka. Pirla village in the Quepen
The contract farming that has been launched with much fanfare in Punjab, should not be considered a panacea of all problems in the agricultural sector. In the absence of stringent quality control, it
The West Bengal government is scheduled to place in the Assembly the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, which if passed will enable it to levy a "land use" tax in both rural and urban areas
New Delhi's approach to the on-going WTO negotiations on agriculture, seen by many industrialised countries as being
Pasteurisation of milk is an alien term for about 88.5% Guwahatians, and 94.5% of the people who have heard the term "pasteurisation", do not know about the implication of the process. Most of the
