Tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh have charged the State Trading Corporation (STC) with entering tobacco auction platforms half-heartedly without necessary expertise and infrastructure. The result

With the setting up of a computerised semen bank at Ropar, farmers and dairy farm owners of six districts in the state wll now be benefited in a big way. They will get healthy offspring , more milk

The Haryana government has incurred expenses for more than Rs 40 crore on implementation of the slab system in power tariffs based on depth of tubewells to agriculture sector after the present state

The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) is pushing for a legislation to require manufacturers and processors of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to specify the

The Gujarat government would have to suffer a loss of Rs 35 crore in the current financial year as a result of the "support price" it has been giving to the state's cotton-growers since March 3,

Taking a strong stance in Britain's debate over genetically modified food, Prince Charles yesterday said he said not think such crops were adequately tested or necessary. Prince Charle's own farm in

Washington's apple industry wants to make sure that a bite into a red delicious will yield a satisfying crunch, not a mouth full of mush. Rich Ozanich and Al Robinson hope their research into systems

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has granted over $3.5 millions for the development and large-scale adoption of high-yielding technologies in the rice and spice sectors in India. The

Indian farm scientist Sanjaya Rajaram, who has worked on breeding different strains of wheat was presented Friendship medal, the highest award for a foreigner working in China. Mr Song Ping, former

The Rome Declaration at the World Food Summit calls for world food security and the right of all people to have access to safe and nutritious food. The summit had called for eradicating hunger in