Bihar thunderstorm death toll 48
Rajnath Singh to visit affected districts of the State today The death toll in Tuesday’s thunderstorm in the districts in the north-eastern border of Bihar has gone up to 48. “Some more deaths from
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Cyclonic storm kills 42 in Bihar; Purnia worst hit
At least 42 people were killed, more than 100 injured and crops damaged when a cyclonic storm hit the north-eastern border districts of Bihar late on Tuesday night. “It was a strong storm with a wind
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42 killed in Bihar storm, 80 injured
A powerful cyclonic storm battered Bihar’s Seemanchal area Tuesday night, killing 42 and injuring more than 80 persons, rendering thousands homeless and cutting off the communication network entirely.
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Farmer's suicide may strangle land Bill
A farmer’s suicide at Jantar Mantar, a stone’s throw away from Parliament, has queered the pitch for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s land acquisition Bill. With the death of Gajendra Singh of Dausa (Rajasthan),
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Assessing long-term impacts of vulnerabilities on crop production due to climate change in the coastal areas of Bangladesh
<p>People living in different coastal areas of Bangladesh have been suffering from lack of food security.
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North Korea floods wipe out crops, triggering crisis as winter approaches: WFP
Devastating floods in North Korea have unleashed a humanitarian crisis that may worsen sharply in the next few weeks, the United Nations World Food Programme said Friday. It said the flooding not only
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China confident of food self-sufficiency: report
BEIJING - China is confident the nation's "rice bowl" will be firmly held in its own hands, an industry report said on Monday. The country will remain self-sufficient in producing its main food crops
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Measuring the economic impacts of transgenic crops in developing agriculture during the first decade
Biotechnology in agriculture has generated a great deal of controversy in recent years. Of the many scientific advances that have occurred in plant breeding since Gregor Mendel conducted his experiments about 150 years ago, crops with genetic modifications seem to have been accorded a unique status.
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State to move away from growing paddy
As suggested by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the state government has started an exercise to find a viable alternative for paddy in the state. A meeting of senior officials of the Agriculture
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Distressed potato farmers in Bengal asked to shift to oilseeds and corn
Kolkata At a time when potato growers in the state are not getting a good price for their produce, the West Bengal government has asked them to shift focus to other cash crops like oilseeds and corn.
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EU Paves Way to Prolong Biotech Maize Cultivation
The European Union took a step closer on Tuesday toward 10 more years of biotech cultivation after leading scientists reconfirmed the safety of the only genetically modified crop as yet commercially grown in Europe. That crop is an insect-resistant maize type developed and marketed by U.S. company Monsanto, approved for a decade of growing in 1998 and now awaiting license renewal.
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Thin harvest
MAKING fuel from the solar energy stored in living organisms by photosynthesis is a tempting idea. It sounds inherently green, and so biofuel schemes—ranging from fermenting starch, to recycling cooking
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Ocean warming to impact food production in India, elsewhere
Food security of India and several other major key food producing countries are threatened by changing weather patterns due to warming of the oceans, which may well be the “greatest” hidden challenge for
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Rajnath asks U.P. to provide financial relief for farmers
Union Home Minister visits rain-hit Western U.P. areas With the distressed farmers who have suffered immense crop loss due to unseasonal rain and hailstorm in Uttar Pradesh getting little or no solace,
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EU clears path for 17 new GM foods
Seventeen new genetically modified food products will be authorised for import to Europe before the end of May in a significant acceleration of biotech trade, the Guardian has learned. An announcement
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Climate change to cut Pak crop yields by 10 percent: report
LAHORE: World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) launched its climate change report titled Climate Change Adaptation in the Indus Ecoregion: A Micro-Econometric Study of the Determinants, Impact
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Govt plans Rs 288-cr subsidy for rabi seeds
AHEAD of the annual campaign for rabi crops, the Centre has announced a Rs 288-crore subsidy on a variety of seeds for the winter crops after a severe drought hit hard the kharif crops. The government is likely to monitor the quality of all varieties of seeds for key crops.
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GM Crops Not for India: Parliamentary Panel
NO GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD Standing committee orders probe into Bt Brinjal row; says proper tests not conducted before introduction, ‘collusion of worst kind’ Aparliamentary panel has recommended
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Call for moratorium on biofuel
The un Special Rapporteur on the right to food recently has called for a five-year moratorium on biofuels, calling it a "crime against humanity' to convert food crops to fuel. Cereal prices have
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Nano-agriculture carbon nanotubes enhance tomato seed germination and plant growth
Agriculture is an area where new technologies are often applied to improve the yield of crops. Nano agriculture involves the involvement of nanoparticles in agriculture with the ambition that these particles will impart some beneficial effect to the crops.