The Shulehe river valley at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in north west China's Gansu Province will become a grin, meat, eggs and fruit production base with the help of loans provided by the

The shifting cultivation by slash and burning of forests in hills, popularily known as jhumming, is being practised by the tribals of North Cachar Hills.This age old system of cultivation not only

Farmers in the district and nearby areas are facing huge losses due to a virtual tomato glut in the market this season. As a result some of the affected growers have already destroyed the standing

Eight major rice-producing states of the country have been networked to allow sharing of data and technology to help augment rice production.The Rice Environment Analysis Network for Eastern India

Rallies will give way to caravan and 'dharnas' to sit-ins as more than 400 farmers, led by Kisan leaders Mahendra Singh Tikait of the Bharatiya Kisan Union and Prof M D Nanjundaswamy of the Karnataka

The Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) is now engaged in the greening of Partapur, the Siachen brigade headquarters at an altitude of around 11,000 feet. The mission is to grow fresh

An outbreak of contagious hoof and mouth disease is rippling through China's livestock industry and worrying meat-eating consumers along the country's densely populated seaboard, though the scale of

Backers of food biotechnology reacted with caution late last week to a study by U.S. scientists that asserted harmful effects on monarch butterflies from pollen produced by genetically modified (GM)

Thailand's Finance Ministry and the Budget Bureau are expected to block an attempt by the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry at Tuesday's cabinet meeting to draw a massive amount of state

Nearly 400 farmers from India will be holding month long demonstrations in Europe against policies of globalisation and liberalisation initiated by institutions like the World Trade Organisation,

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