The British government scrambledyesterday to deal with a leaked report which said commercial growing of genetically modified cropswould contaminate other foodstuffs over large distances. A Ministry

Among the ravines and abysses of the nearly barren mountains of Eastern Qinghai, China, live 57,775 impoverished farmers who have the development lottery. From an estimated 60-80m other poor Chinese

The record procurement of wheat has turned out to be a double-edged sword-- while scything merrily through whatever fears may have existed about the crop, it is also bleeding dry, through

Rain brings hope for the Bangladesh tea industry. The worst drought was experienced by the tea industry this year. The six-month long drought has already caused severe damage to the tea plantation of

The '99 Kunming World Horticulture Exposition has gathered the biggest variety of bamboo strains in the world, according to an official from the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (Inbar).

Pakistan has decided to join hands with Indai in fighting against the patent given to basmati rice by the United States patent office, a senior Pakistani official has said. "We have decided to fight

The European Union plans to keep its controversial milk quota regime until at least 2008 a move that will dismay its trading partners. However, member countries have agreed to a 2003 review of the

Pakistan has decided to join hands with India in fighting the patent given to basmati rice by the United States patent office, the Pakistan Commerce Secretary, Mr. Mansoor Elahi, has said.Islamabad

Behind a sleek corporate skyscraper a robust debate is spawning a quiet green revolution. Officials at the Anglo-Dutch consumer group Unilever discuss whether its sales of frozen peas are affecting

The prolonged dry spell in South Bengal districts has led to destruction of boro crop in about 61,000 hectares of