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

Marauding insects have usually been dealt with by using pesticides in the 20th century, but another method of control is gaining widespread acceptance--using natural enemies of the unwanted insects

Six farmers from Punjab will soon leave for Burkina Faso for taking up agriculture and passing on technology to the farmers of that

Marauding insects have usually been dealt with by using pesticides in the 20th century, but another method of control is gaining widespread acceptance--using natural enemies of the unwanted insects

Scientists have shown that plants can be genetically modified to tolerate high-temperature streets. In a recent issue of Plant Journal, N Murata and colleagues at the National Institute of Basic

A three-day national conference on "Wild Relatives of Cultivated Plants in Nepal" will be held on June 2-4, a press release issued by the Green Energy Mission (GEM)-Nepal said. The release says, "The