The Government of Andhra Pradesh has constituted a high-power committee to formulate an action plan for

A community-based nursery and oak mushroom project in Trashiyangtse, Bhutan will receive US $7,719 support from Global Environment Facility Small Grants

While the Centre's decision to relax rice specifications for Punjab's 1998 paddy crop has been rejected by the state's rice millers, Haryana has taken up with the Union government the issue of

Zeneca, the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals business has struck an agreement with Monsanto, the St Louis based life science company, which will give it access to the rapidly growing US market for

The land under irrigation in Maharashtra has increased by six per cent, from 14 to 20 per cent of the total land, during the last four years, according to the Maharashtra irrigation minister, Mr

FAO : The rabbit is being projected by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as the perfect answer to demands for sustainable development schemes. "In developing countries, rabbits may

The Farmers Parliamentary Forum has decided to organise a state-wise 'kisan vartalap', with the objective of having direct interaction with farmers in a bid to know and understand their problems and

The government has prepared a Rs 400 crore scheme to revamp the infrastructure for cattle breeding through artificial insemination. The scheme will help enhance the country's milk production, which

Huge stocks of paddy worth at least Rs 3,500 crore are rotting in different parts of Punjab with some rendered unfit for human consumption. The stocks date back to the 1992-93 procurement season.

Rhobio, a joint venture between French drugs group Rhone-Poulenc and research firm Biogemma, said it had signed a research deal with Celera AgGen to seek out new maize genes. The three-year