Aromatic herbs cultivation in Garo Hills
Cultivation of aromatic herbs as an alternative to jhumming and improving the economic life of the farmers in the West Garo Hills district appears to be paying off since early results indicate that
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Govt dept flayed for inaction
Villagers of Tamenglogn district, Mizoram, who have been reeling under rodent menace for the past couple of weeks, have strongly flayed the officials of the state agriculture department for not
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Fruit of the promised land
Agricultural alliances between India and Israel could change the way the country farms. THOUGH the trickle of individual farmers visiting Israel for Agritech began in the '90s, this year, the trend
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Public awareness on food quality, safety norms low: Study
Public opinion and concern over adulteration of food products has probably never been more exacting as now. Yet, general public awareness about the food safety and knowledge about taking up quality
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Punjab goes for contract farming
In a bid to promote ecologically sustainable and high value cash crops, the Punjab government is going in for contract farming with multinational
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Sugar sector reform under EU spotlight
The European Union is chipping away at some of the last unreformed bastions of its common agricultural policy in a move that will also target the EU's heavily protected sugar sector. Tobacco, cotton,
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Uttaranchal curbs on land purchase
No more farm houses for outsiders or non agriculturists in Uttaranchal. The government has promulgated an ordinance to regulate the sale and purchase of agricultural land and effectively check the
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Foodgrain output target set at 220m.
The Centre has pegged the national target for foodgrain production at 220 million tonnes for 2003-04, which is the same as last year. It is felt that since 2002-03 was a drought year, any upward
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Shrinking US soya crop shifts focus to S America
The rain-starved US soyabean crop will be the smallest in seven years, the Government said, making a large South American harvest vital to assuring adequate global supplies of the oilseed widely used
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Lack of organic food guidelines affects farmers
The reluctance on the part of the government of India to frame specific guidelines on organic food export is now adversely affecting the farmers. A case in point is that of farmers of Shekhawati
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Amareshwara Agri plans IPO
Riding on the capital market boom, Hyderabad-based Amareshwara Agri Biotech is planning an initial public offer (IPO) to raise around Rs 20-25 crore to expand its bio control agents and set up a
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Krishna holds key conclave on farmers' suicides
Even as Chief Minister S M Krishna on Monday chaired a conclave to find a solution to the unending saga of suicides by farmers, a 22-year-old woman in Kolar district allegedly committed suicide due
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93 of 208 farmer deaths not suicide, asserts govt
Of the 208 farmer deaths in Karnataka State since April this year, 93 could not be considered as cases of suicide, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Vijay Gore said. Speaking to
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Anthrax scare on Karnataka-Kerala border
Kerala's health and animal husbandry department officials have taken up preventive measures in areas of Kannur district against the dreaded anthrax disease following reports of animals there
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Farming deadlock threatens trade talks
Leading trade powers warned that this week's World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Mexico risked failure unless countries immediately abandoned entrenched positions and held serious
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China growing supersize veg
China is harvesting supersize vegetables with seeds and seedlings sent up in space in retrievable rockets, media reports have said. At a dusty farm, volley-ball-sized eggplants - enough to feed a
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Fertiliser from capital's wastes from next year
The Nepal government has decided to grant permission to Lona Fertilisers, a private company, to produce organic fertiliser from the capital's waste for 30 years. An agreement to that effect was
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Stranded Aussie sheep up for grabs
A shiploads of Australian sheep stranded in the Persian Gulf for almost six weeks after being rejected by Saudi Arabia is being offered for free to stop an escalation of protests by animal rights
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Andhra Pradesh Government report confirms worst fears on BT Cotton
Gene campaign an NGO, claimed that an Andhra Pradesh Government report had confirmed its study of the performance of Bt cotton in the state, according to which the crop gave poor yields resulting in
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Diversification of farming
No other state illustrates the ugly face of Green Revolution more than Punjab. While trying to feed the rest of the nation, Punjab has lost the quality of its prime land. Perhaps it was wrong to