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

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

Production of golden leaf in hundreds of tea estates in north Bengal and Assam has been affected by a prolonged dry spell coupled with menacing pest infection, according to the Indian Tea

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