The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a rice transplanter which can save labour requirement by 70 per cent and increase yield by over 13 per cent. The eight-row

The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode(Kerala), has bagged three national awards this year for research

Walking along a small plot of tomatoes at University of California Kearney Agricultural Center, it is easy to spot which ones were planted in a silver-colored plastic-mulch system. Those tomato

In North America where the use of GM seeds is more widespread, Monsanto is battling an altogether different threat: how to prevent farmers from obtaining its patented seeds illegally. The company

The soil resources map of Madhya Pradesh was released recently. The map has been produced jointly by the National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (ICAR), Nagpur and the State Department

Pakistan is losing 25 percent of its potential crop production every year , as only about 30 percent of water reaches the crop due to high level of losses in existing canal and water courses network.

Most U.S. farmers growing genetically modified crops are getting yields no better than those producing traditional varieties and they are using just as much pesticide, according to

Farmers owing land on the peripheral areas of Ahmedabad and five other cities in the state have decided to launch an agitation against the state government's decision to acquire 50 per cent of land

FAO : More than a million Afghans will need food aid in the next 18 months because of a dramatic slump in cereal production this year, according to a UN report published. According to the report

The Government has sought advice from the scientists of the Wildlife Research Institute , Dehradun, to check the menace of blue bulls (Neelgai) in the M P. This was informed by Forest Minister