Agricultural authorities in Taiwan have ordered checks on all cattle and sheep after foot-and-mouth disease was found in cattle for the first time, an official said yesterday. "To keep the outbreak

Inhabitants, especially farmers of more than 80 villages located in the Bet area of Mukerian and Dasuya tehsils, are miserable these days on account of the ever-increasing water-logging problem in

Researchers at Jerusalem's Hebrew University have discoveed a gene that can be injected into trees into trees and plants to accelerate their

Marijuana farmers on the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent fear economic ruin as there is no alternative to their crop. The extent of marijuana cultivation on St. Vincent is clearly apparent. Once

China's Ministry of Agriculture is on high alert for a possible plague of locusts which could threaten summer crops, the China Daily reported on

With the commencement of rice transplantation, a Japanese paddy transplanter is beig demonstrated at certain farms by Kads-Hindsons Farm Equipment on behalf of

Farmers in Nepal largely depend on muscle power and bullocks even after more than three decades of introduction of four wheel tractors and pumpsets way back in 1965. A household survey done in 1988

The Centre has chalked up a strategy to effectively deal with the issue of viral infection in planting materials produced using the tissue culture

Pakistan's economic growth was stifled by underperforming agricultural output over the past 12 months, an official survey said. The annual economic survey, released before annual budget, showed that

Europe's food regulatory system is partly to blame for distrust of genetically modified foods, according to Richard Rominger, US deputy secretary of agriculture. Mr Rominger said the dioxin