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,

For the third-year in a row, pre-harvest rains have destroyed large amounts of crop in Kuttanad, the traditional rice-bowl of Kerala. With the heavy downpour continuing, gains have started

Research has found that pollen from genetically engineered by-strain of corn can kill has sparked concern over whether the crop is harming other insects and doing damage to the food chain.

"Bt" is short for Bacillus thuringiensis, the name of a naturally occuring soil bacterium that produces a toxin capable of killing some insects while leaving others unharmed. For farmers who closely

New techniques are being developed to lessen water usage for growing rice by up to 25 per cent, the Phillippine-based International Rice Research Institute(IRRI) said on

Three villages have been selected in Sarguja district at Bhopal for the expansion of "green revolution" through use of modern methods of farming.

A leading environmental group calledyesterday for a ban on genetically-modified crops after U.S. scientists said pollen from corn engineered to reduce pests killed caterpillars in laboratory tests.