Philippine farmers are adopting a new method of transplanting rice seedlings that offers a big reduction in the use of water and a huge saving in labour. Yields are not effected, although some care

A pilot scheme that requires landless peasants in Brazil to borrow money for their own resettlement as farmers is working surprisingly well. The scheme, to be known as the Bancoda Terra (Land Bank)

Transgenic crops will take centre stage in agriculture during the next century, Dr. Asis Datta, Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, has

The Haryana Government is planning to double livestock population in the state in next five years. The new Director animal Husbandry, Dr K S Dangi, said at Hisar that a comprehensive programme had

Indian scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in cloning technology to make it possible to control ripening of seasonal fruits at will which could benefit millions of fruit growers and

After national security, it is food and nutritional security for which the country should aim, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, said at New Delhi today. Speaking at the 70th annual

Multinational conglomerate Cargill is making a comprehensive foray into the domestic foodgrain sector with plans to procure grain directly form farmers, sell wheat in the country, produce flour in

World agriculture could still turn its back on biotechnology according to one of the leaders of the organic movement. "We're still saying we can have global agriculture without genetic

agriculture Minister Som Pal today presented the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai prize for agricultural research for 1996-98 to Madan Mohan of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and

British beef producers are preparing to resume exports to Europe on Aug. 1, but the industry still faces a long struggle to regain its reputation and rebuild overseas sales. The European Commission,

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