Indian wheat scientist, Mr. Sanjaya Rajaram, bagged China's 'Friendship Medal', the country's top award for a foreigner, in recognition of his contribution to Beijing's agricultural sector, an

Angry farmers protested at the United States embassy on Tuesday against possible US trade restrictions on New Zealand lamb exports, news reports

The Indian Agriculture Research Institute's (IARI) Seed Science and Technology Division head, Dr S P Sharma, has called on the rice growers of Punjab and Haryana to take up cultivation of Basmati

The European Union will finance a 12-million Euro project on environmental friendly cotton production in Asia. The programme will be carried out in Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, Philippines and

Every week, it seems, brings a new food scare. And each scare, whether valid or dead wrong, has the potential to jolt the nation's diet. But ever since apple sales plummeted a decade ago, after a

the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) took a significant step towards encouraging the use of eco-friendly and biodegradable pesticides by granting ISI mark to Mukumbi Manufacturing Company of Belgaum

Scientists hope new strains of rice now being tested are the key to maintaining China's self-sufficiency in the face of growing water shortages and rapidly increasing demand. The Consultative Group

Prince Charles has intervened dramatically in the debate over genetically modified food, challenging claims that the products are safe to eat and safe for the environment. The heir to the British

African coffee producers have launched an initiative to try to secure the future of the international coffee agreement, which is on the verge of collapse. The five-year agreement is intended to

The West Bengal Government has decided to challenge a high court order doing away with the transit permit for inter-state rice export, the Food and Supplies Minister, Mr. Kalimuddin Shams, said