An easy-to-use computer programme developed to check whether cereals and cereal products are contaminated by unacceptable levels of mould toxins (mycotoxins) will prove beneficial to both industry

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan has been awarded the UNESCO Gandhi Gold Medal at the organisation's headquarters. Conferring the medal on Monday, the UNESCO Director General, Mr. Federico Mayor, praised Prof.

The European Union (EU) is contemplating strong measures to control the quality and safety of all animal feed materials, from their raw state to the point of feeding. According to a report by the

Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)-UNDP/FAo Integrated Pest Management(IPM) project have initiated community IPM for the first time in the country to ensure proportionate and

Six activists appeared in a London court yesterday hoping to publicise the risks they believe genetically modified crops pose to the environment. The campaigners also mounted a demonstration outside

At a time when India has emerged as the world's largest milk producing nation, a large number of indigenous cattle, directly responsible for making achieve the goal of 'Operation Flood' are in peril.

The Kerala government will set up the biggest seed production centre in the state at a cost of Rs. 36 crores. The project report for this is at its final stage. The seed farm will be located in the

National Fertiliser Development Centre (NDFC) of Planning and Development Division, in Collaboration with other related federal ministries, provincial organisations,fertiliser industry of Pakistan

Europe's highest court will today hear thearguments in a dispute over whether France had the legal right to freeze the authorisation of three strains of genetically modified (GM) maize.The French

A Nihon Keizai Shimbun survey of 323 food producers found that over two-thirds of the companies have either stopped using genetically modifed ingredients or are considering doing so. The survey comes