Dr Manju Sharma inaugurated session of International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustained Productivity in Agriculture, jointly organised by international Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) India

Of the 175 heads of cattle in various cattle sheds in the panajaraole in Rajkot (Gujarat), around 55 died after reportedly ingesting contaminated fodder. The contaminated batch of green corn had been

The Horticulture Centre under Agriculture Extension Directorate at Kewatkhali area in Mymensingh has developed five High Yielding Varieties(HYV) of mangoes by cultivating the same on experimental

European Union officials last Friday looked unlikely to reach a decision on whether to approve three new genetically modified organisms(GMOs), the European Commission said. Representatives from the

The Rice Research Institute (RRI), Kala Shah Kaku, plans to launch extra-long grain and aromatic 'millennium basmati' variety before the next sowing season.This was stated by Information Deputy

The global rice trade may drop 13.5 per cent to 24.53 million tons this year from last year's record 28.05 million on better weather in Asia and bumper crops in South America, a US-based research

Asia can look forward to a new generation of genetically altered rice, resistant to pests, floods and bateria, following the success of field tests, a scientist at the International Rice Research

When children in the Japanese city of Kawagoe on Tokyo's outskirts sit down for their school lunch, nothing on their plate must contain genetically changed food, local officials have ruled. The

European and US officials agreed on Wednesday to set up a committee with farmers, scientists and possibly even religious leaders to offer worried consumers advice about genetically modified