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 debate over genetically modified crops intensified after a European Union commissioner accused biotech companies to of misleading people over the benefits of the technology. Margot Wallstrom
Soybean growers in Brazil's No. 2 producer state Parana said it would be difficult to enforce a law passed by the state legislature this week banning genetically modified soy until 2006. Brazil
A two-day training programme on "Bio-fertilisers and Bio-pesticides" under the macromode project for the government agricultural and technical officers was inaugurated by the director of National
Even as the monsoons blessed large swathes of the country, certain pockets went without. The fallout was inevitable: farmers suicides. In a year marked by one of the best monsoon ever, farmers have
1,000 farmers queue for rainfall insurance against droughts and downpours, based on 40 years of rain data and a World Bank model. After years of dragging its feet, the Ministry of Agriculture is
Northeast stands entirely different from the rest of the country. The difference lies not only in dress, language, food habits and festivals but also in agricultural practices like shifting of
For Karnataka has had a hat trick of sorrows. Even as the rest of India has hailed a good monsoon, the state has had scanty rainfall for the third time in a row. Though talks are on with the Andhra
The European Union has warned trade partners they will 'poison the atmosphere' in the World Trade Organisation and jeopardise chances of reviving the Doha trade round if they mount aggressive legal
The overwhelmingly large public opinion recently expressed in UK against commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops and foods and subsequently the release of results of the world's largest
Haryana has set a target to produce 94.01 lakh tonnes of foodgrains during Rabi 2003-204 as against production of 93.22 lakh tonnes during Rabi 2002-2003, according to the Chief Minister, Om Prakash
