Centre plans fresh package for jute industry
The Centre has planned a fresh package for the survival of the jute industry, especially for the eastern region. The union textile minister, Mr Shahnawaz Hussain, is likely to announce the package in
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Farmers seek protection of interests in WTO moot
Hundreds of small farmers lambasted the policies of the World Trade Organization terming them pro-developed countries to the ultimate disadvantage of the third world countries. Earlier, Sustainable
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Traditional crops are more nutritious: Anil Joshi
HESCO Founder Dr Anil Prakash Joshi has said that though the green revolution in India ushered in an era of food security, at the same time, it also had a detrimental impact on the nutritional
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Babu for promoting micro irrigation
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the state government was formulating a plan for cultivation under micro irrigation in 6.26 lakh
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Lamy apart, India to demand cut in farm subsidies
India has said that its alliance with Brazil in agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was based on a shared position that liberalisation should begin with a deep cut in
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EC snubs Austrian bid for GMO-free zone
The European Commission (EC) dealt a blow to campaigners against genetically modified organisms (GMO) foods last week by rejecting a request from an Austrian region to turn itself into a zone free of
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Groundnut crop attacked by dreaded caterpillar
Farmers of Challakere taluk, who have been hit by several misfortunes in the past year, now have to face another. Their groundnut crop has been attacked by the dreaded red-headed caterpillar. The
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Bt cotton: NGO blasts govt over regulating crop
As India prepares for the second harvest of the Bt cotton, a Delhi-based NGO has accused authorities of failing to profit from the genetically modified cotton that would see the technology through.
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Nod to Bt cotton despite poor show
The Centre had given approval to commercial cultivation of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, despite the fact that the field trials had evoked poor results, claimed the Gene Campaign, while releasing the
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Centre warns and watches as Bt cotton takes over
Evidently powerless to act, the Union government is watching helplessly as illegal and home-grown varieties of transgenic cotton take over Gujarat and the state government says it has found nothing
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Farmers urge govt to resist WTO pressure
The Pakistan Kissan Board asked the government to either match the western subsidies on agriculture or resist the WTO pressure in this regard. Speaking at a press conference, PKB President Sadiq
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Animal shelters sound alarm as stray cattle deaths rise
Six men pull and heave as they lug an injured cow up an animal shelter ambulance's ramp in Defence Colony. The 35,000-odd stray cattle on the capital's streets have Delhi's handful of animal shelters
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Indo-Israeli panel on farm sector likely
India and Israel have decided to work towards signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase co-operation in various fields of agriculture. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting
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More cropland makes for warmer climes
While croplands may provide more food than forests, they don't offer much relief from hot tropical climes, according to a new study. A study of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, which used NASA satellites and
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7 farmers end life in State
Five days after the State government announced a Rs 856-crore relief package for debt-ridden farmers pushed to the brink by three consecutive years of drought, the spate of suicides shows no signs of
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Brazil court reimposes ban on GM soyabean
A Brazilian court has knocked down a ruling that lifted a ban on the planting and sale of Monsanto Co transgenic soyabeans, after an appeal by Greenpeace and other groups that oppose its use. The
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Soil fertility on the decline
Haryana Agricultural University has urged farmers of the state to focus attention on the stabilisation of soil fertility and soil health. University scientists have cautioned that if measures are not
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Brazil leads hard line on farm trade reform call
Developing countries have adopted an uncompromising stance on the critical issue of farm trade reform ahead of the World Trade Organiation's ministerial meeting that begins in Cancun, Mexico.
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France blocks free trade
French farmers and government officials are fond of saying that the word
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Delhi, Tel Aviv plough fresh grounds
Defence may be hogging the limelight but Israeli expertise is much sought after on other battle fronts -- managing water in semi-arid conditions, combating desertification and developing