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

Dr Parmar University of Horticulture and forestry earned Rs 70 lakh from the sale of fruit plants, seeds, farm produce, aromatic and medicinal plants, last year according to the Vice Chancellor, Dr

Cotton crops in many towns of district Naushehro Firoze of Pakistan have been badly affected by the influx of white flies. Representatives of growers told newsmen that when the flies attack the

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has provided a fresh grant assistance or $8,00,000 (Rs 3 crore) to support pilot programme on hybrid maize development under the UNDP supported country