La Nina stays in Indonesia, rains soak many crops
Rains will soak Indonesia's crops throughout the year despite the dry season because of the continuing impact of the La Nina weather phenomenon, government and trade sources said. The dry season
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Food security by June 5
The Centre would finalise its action plan for an integrated programme on 'food security' on June 5, Human sources development minister Murli Manohar Joshi said on Sunday. Joshi, who visited the
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Bengal to challenge HC order on rice transit permit
The West Bengal Government has decided to challenge a high court order doing away with the transit permit for inter-state rice export, the Food and Supplies Minister, Mr. Kalimuddin Shams, said
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Hybrid rice sows seeds of dissent among Bangladeshis
Like thousands of other farmers in Bangladesh, Gini Alam harvested his first hybrid rice crop this month. Beaming he says he has grown 30 to 40 per cent more rice in this field. Environmentalists,
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Technology to debitter kinnow juice developed
Dr Parmar University of Horticulture and forestry earned Rs 70 lakh from the sale of fruit plants, seeds, farm produce, aromatic and medicinal plants, last year according to the Vice Chancellor, Dr
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UN project in Asia aims to raise cotton yields
The European Union will finance a UN food agency project to increase cotton yields in Asia and cut pesticide use, the U.N. body said yesterday. The $12.7 million project, organised by the Rome-based
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Jhum cultivation a threat to enviornment
The shifting cultivation by slash and burning of forests in hills, popularily known as jhumming, is being practised by the tribals of North Cachar Hills.This age old system of cultivation not only
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'Develop genetic food to fight world hunger'
Genetically-modified foods are as safe as any others and there is a "compelling moral imperative" to develop them to help fight hunger in the Third World, an influential British think-tank has said.
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Gurgaon facility clones rare plants
Confidential requests are not just placed for designer outfits they could also be placed for the production of plants of choice. One such place is Micro-Propagation Technology Park in Gurgaon which
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Eight states in network to hike rice production
Eight major rice-producing states of the country have been networked to allow sharing of data and technology to help augment rice production.The Rice Environment Analysis Network for Eastern India
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EU freezes approval of pest-resistant maize
The European Commission said yesterday it would freeze the approval procedure for a genetically modified maize developed by U.S. company Pioneer Hi-Bred International following a U.S. study which
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400 farmers to protest at G-8 summit venue
Rallies will give way to caravan and 'dharnas' to sit-ins as more than 400 farmers, led by Kisan leaders Mahendra Singh Tikait of the Bharatiya Kisan Union and Prof M D Nanjundaswamy of the Karnataka
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Armymen take to farming for fresh food at Siachen base
The Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) is now engaged in the greening of Partapur, the Siachen brigade headquarters at an altitude of around 11,000 feet. The mission is to grow fresh
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A warning from butterflies
"Bt" is short for Bacillus thuringiensis, the name of a naturally occuring soil bacterium that produces a toxin capable of killing some insects while leaving others unharmed. For farmers who closely
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Lab-designed corn may be harmful
Research has found that pollen from genetically engineered by-strain of corn can kill has sparked concern over whether the crop is harming other insects and doing damage to the food chain.
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Pre-harvest rains damage paddy crop in Kerala
For the third-year in a row, pre-harvest rains have destroyed large amounts of crop in Kuttanad, the traditional rice-bowl of Kerala. With the heavy downpour continuing, gains have started
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Drought causes havoc to tea production
Rain brings hope for the Bangladesh tea industry. The worst drought was experienced by the tea industry this year. The six-month long drought has already caused severe damage to the tea plantation of
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New techniques to cut water use in rice growing
New techniques are being developed to lessen water usage for growing rice by up to 25 per cent, the Phillippine-based International Rice Research Institute(IRRI) said on
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Tony Blair government's policy on genetically-modified foods draws flak
A group of British politicians, cutting across party lines, on Thursday slammed the government's policy over genetically-modified (GM) products, saying it had proved too slow to take effect. The
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Panel to probe animal deaths
The Animal Board of India will set-up an inquiry commission to probe the death of about 26,000 cows which died at seven cow shelters in the Capital during the past five years. This was announced by