The coffee wilt disease that has destroyed millions of coffee trees in central and western Uganda over the past six years has finally spread to the east. The disease reported for the first time in

According to Malhusian predictions some years ago, the world should be unable to feed itself by now. Thankfully, such forecasts have so far proved false, based on hybrid seeds, increased use of

Greedy rats, which eat enough rice in Indonesia each year to feed 25 million people, may be about to meet their match: a trap they can enter, but not leave. The trap, similar to a lobster pot, is

The watershed development programme in Beitul district of Madhya Pradesh launched four years ago has evoked a mixed response. While there are obvious benefits for the landed sections, the plight of

The people who put organically grown food on to American tables sold a record $5 billion-worth of their produce in 1997 and could push that up to over $6 billion last year. But organic farmers still

In a move aimed at expanding bilateral economic ties, India and Russia today signed an agreement for cooperation in agriculture and veterinary field. The agreement was signed here by Minister of

The Karnataka High Court has modified its earlier interim order wherein it had restrained the State Government from taking a decision regarding the reservation of sugarcane area in T. Narasipura

The first basmati rice hybrid "Pusa RH-10", developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute(IARI), has yielded 34 per cent more than the most popular rice variety during field trials, IARI

Archer Daniels Midland, one of the biggest US agribusiness and a leading corn processor, said it would not buy or trade any genetically modified (GM) corn which had not been approved by the European

Participants at a recent conference conference on man, animal and environment discuss ways to solve the problem of overgrazing