As part of a strategy to agressively expand its agro-exports portfolio, food and beverages multinational, Pepsi Foods, will become the first company in India to begin large-scale contract farming of

Punjab develops LCVR cotton variety: The lost cotton glory of Punjab is expected to be restored shortly, thanks to development of the world's first leaf curl virus resistant (LCVR) hybrid cotton

The farmer's organisations in Orissa are up in arms against the Congress government in the state for its anti-farmer policy and threatened to launch an agitation if the Government fails to

A Kerala Government delegation led by the Agriculture Minister which has just returned from a tour of Israel, has identified areas of common interest in agriculture, particularly those drawing on

India should take a leaf out of China's book in its efforts to augment production and yield levels of rice, according to the acclaimed rice breeder and head of the Manila-based International Rice

Inadequate support extended to technology development coupled with the low priority accorded to the coconut industry are the major impediments to the developoment of coconut processing industry in

With genetically modified (GM) crops facing growing uncertainty, U.S. corn growers should protect themselves by using commodity loanprogrammes that give the option of forfeiting

Opponents of strict labelling of geneticallymodified (GM) foods have welcomed a decision by Australian and New Zealand health ministers to defer a final determination on labelling laws. In contrast

The post-monsoon October rain has damaged the harvested soybean crop in Madhya pradesh, which produces over 75 per cent of the country's soybeans. As a result, the country's soyabean output in

A European Union decision on which foods must be labelled as containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients will not allay consumers'concerns. But the EU action, which comes amid a rising tide of