Monsanto: The amount of land planted to genetically modified(GM) crops around the world is expected to leap this year by more than 40 per cent, a senior official from Monsanto Co. said on

A new package of technologies for saving upto 25 per cent water in rice cultivation is being developed by scientists at the International Rice Research institute(IRRI) in the Philippines and the

Plant breeders of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute(IRRI) have achieved a breakthrough in piercing through the yield barrier of the commercially important basmati rice. They

The Union Agriculture Ministry has opposed a US proposal to bring trade in genetically engineered crops on the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

International farmers group IFAP said Paris and Washington should stop sparring ahead of next month's Seattle trade talks and focus instead on how they can help poorer countries enter the global

The Australian government and farm leaders today slammed the passage into law of the United States farm bill, but cotton producers were looking for a possible backdoor

A case of mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopthy, has been detected in a herd of cattle in the Western Franch region of mayenne, the Agriculture Ministry announced on Monday.

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