A new fungus, which helps improve plants' growth by maintaining a symbiotic relationship with their roots, has been discoverd in the Thar desert by the scientists of Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU)

Consumer fears over genetically modified products have triggered a sharp fall in the proportion of products in British supermarkets containing soya, according to a leading experts. With suppliers

With a bumper banana production in the offing this season, the National Research Centre on Banana(NRCB) has geared itself to educate the farmers and traders on methods to preserve and add value to

The Animal Board of India will set-up an inquiry commission to probe the death of about 26,000 cows which died at seven cow shelters in the Capital during the past five years. This was announced by

The Rubber Board wil implement a block rubber plantation project in Karbi Anglong district in Assam in collaboratin with the Karbi Anglong District Council (KADC), Diphy, for the benefit of the

A group of British politicians, cutting across party lines, on Thursday slammed the government's policy over genetically-modified (GM) products, saying it had proved too slow to take effect. The

India has emerged as the largest producer of bananas with total production of 13.2 million tonnes per annum from four palkh hectares, exceeding mango production and accounting for 32 per cent of the

Fifty-three pigs were slaughtered at Tumpat by farmers on Tuesday who found it impossible to keep the animals after the demand for pork crashed over the past several months. The eight Thai farmers

Security problems in violence-wracked East Timor are jeopardising plans to harvest a bumper coffee crop worth an estimated $US30 million, an industry expert said today. Coffee is East Timor's main

A multi-grain moisture meter, that gives fast information about the moisture content in grains and would be a handy tool in mandis and for procurement agencies in fixing the prices is inder