The seed policy review group, set up by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, has mooted the enactment of a "Plant Variety and Farmers' Rights Protection Bill" and strengthening of

India will achieve a record foodgrain production of over 200 million tonnes this year with increases in oilseeds, onions and potatoes against a shortfall last year that lead to sharp price

Japan Tobacco Inc. and Zeneca Ltd. of the U.K. have teamed up to develop genetically altered rice plants. Expecting demand to grow in Asia, the two firms are looking to become regional market

Monsanto do Brasil Ltd., part of the US's giant agri-business and chemicals conglomerate, Monsanto Co., has said it will fight legally to continue to produce seeds of genetically modified soyabeans

The UK Government put into effect on Friday the new EU legislation requiring food retailers and caterers to clearly label food containing genetically modified corn or soya, the country's Agriculture

The National Insitute of Sericulture and Entomological Science in Japan said it has extracted a plant-mold substance that acts as a natural herbicide. The substance, from an infectious modl that

Korea's pork exports to Japan have been deadlocked. In a telegram sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry through its embassy in Seoul, the Japanese government said that it will suspend pork

US soyabean companies, trying to promote the "goodness of soya", are targeting Indian, a country where the 'sky is the limit' in terms of market potential, according to an official. At first sight,

With close to 10 per cent of Gujarat's total land area of 188 lakh hectares being cultivable wasteland, the prospect of growing crops on such land has often been experimented with. One such

The Jammu and Kashmir Government is planning to open retail outlets of pesticides through the State Agro-Industries Development Corporation (SAIDC) and J & K Horticulture Produce and Marketing