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 Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned an integrated wasteland development project called Boko-Kulsi Kalmoni project for the development of wasteland in Chhaygaon, Boko and Palasbari
The DAP fertilizer price will be reduced by Rs23 per bag within a couple of days, says Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, Pakistan Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock. "The government has cut GST
Contrary to official claims, the farmer bodies in Pakistan claimed that heavy pest attack, dearth of pesticides and availability of spurious drugs had hit them hard. "The country may miss the target
The Gujarat State government has for the first time decided to encourage contract farming on the lines of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu as it feels such arrangement will ensure consistent supply of
The Centre has urged the States to prepare an Action Plan to double food production by 2012 as announced by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, on the Independence Day. Food production last
The Punjab (Pakistan) expects eight per cent water shortage in the Rabi season, as against 30 to 35 per cent during the last two years. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has indicated a
There is hope for those tea exporters whose consignments were returned from Europe recently as there were apprehensions that the produce was laced with high levels of pesticides. Scientists are now
Ginger, known for its medicinal values, is threatening to enter the sick list of produce for farmers in Himachal Pradesh. This prized spice, which transformed many a small farmer into a millionaire
The European Union's food safety chief said the 15-nation bloc could begin to lift its five-year de facto ban on most genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before the end of the year. EU Health and
Where the jungle once offered shelter to parrots and deer, the land is now increasingly being cleared for soybeans, Brazil's hottest cash crop. Today soybeans are eating up larger and larger chunks
