Delhi University (DU) scientists have claimed that they have perfected a method by which ecologically degraded areas like exhausted mines and desertified lands can be covered with green vegetation

The undue popularly given to terminator genes of multinational corporations has shrouded the real worth, relevance and applications of biotechnology in a developing, agrarian economy like India.

Beetles that dine on dead bodies and flies that nibble rotten fruit could soon be saving your bacon. Researchers in Britain are using the antennae of such insects to create sensors that warn when

Even as farmers' protests against multinational companies are increasing, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) met in Bengkok, Thailand, last week to work on an agenda to make Asian governments enact

The Department of Wasteland Development in collaboration with the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad has commissioned a study for pricing information on the available wasteland in each

A severe infestation has resulted in a 50 per cent decline in arecanut production in the major growing areas of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka and Kasargod district in Kerala. These two

Member nations of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) have agreed to exchange varieties of rice, wheat and maize for research purposes. The genetic material of the three crops,

The Gujarat Government has decided to set aside between seven and 10 lakh hectares of unutilised land for corporate farming. Disclosing this at a seminar on 'Corporate farming vis-a-vis contract

The total foodgrain production in 1998-99 is likely to fall short of te target by over 3 million tonne, according to the latest provisional advance estimates of the agriculture ministry. The pulses

The Australian Department of Agriculture will conduct an inquiry into a potentially devastating outbreak of Queensland fruit fly in the Sunraysia region after three flies and larvae were discovered