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,

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, have bagged the 'ICAR Best Institution' awards for 1998 on the basis of preceding 10

Scientists at the Tata Energy Rsearch Institute(TERI) here have developed biofertilizers - scientifically known as mycorrhzia - that help various kinds of vegetables, flowers, fodder crops and trees

As plans brew in Japan for labelling foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMO), companies see potential in marketing food without GMOs sought by consumers concerned about safety,

In order to accomplish the vision and achieve targets set for Indian agriculture by the year 2020, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has advocated the announcement

U.S. cotton farmers pocketed an extra $92 million in profits last year by using genetically modified seeds that boosted crop yields and cut the amount of pesticides needed, the

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued a report on how genetically modified organisms should be categorised, in what is seen to be the first step towards mandatory