Cross-breeding of the Indian 'Gir' with foreign breeds - Jersey and Hf - has produced a stable breed of cow that can deliver more milk with high fat content. The new breed christened as "Phule

With no hard evidence that genetically engineered crops is harmful to humans, critics in the U.S. have waged a largely ineffectual war to curb it. But suddenly, foes of bioengineering in the food

Mechanised Japanese transplanter will revolutionise paddy transplantation in Punjab. Farmers were all praise for the transplanter during its demonstration at Naseerpur farm near Patiala. Besides

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), one of the most common diseases affecting Indian livestock, can now be detected with a simple test that uses air samples from the area with infected animals. The test

Blair: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday the jury was still out on genetically modified food and he urged people not to condemn it out of hand as a Frankenstein

signature campaign soon: The Karnataka Pradesh Krishika Samaja, an organisation working for the cause of farmers, will be launching a massive signature campaign by mobilising the signatures of over

Monsanto Thailand yesterday insisted it will not introduce genetically-modified seeds or terminator technology to a project with farm development agencies this month. Terminator technology is a

Dr Dharminder Singh, member, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), Economic and Planning Cell, yesterday alleged in a press note that cotton farmers had fallen in a deep debt trap and the Punjab

Brazil's Government plans to specially label all genetically modified (GM) foods and their ingredients, mirroring a system recently adopted in Europe, the Agriculture Ministry has said.The

The grain trading arm of ConAgra, the second largest food processor in the US, announced that, as part of a marketing deal with Monsanto, it would accept all forms of genetically modified corn grown