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

The head of a government advisory panel on genetically modified (GM) foods has hotly denied she thought Britons were too ill-informed to be given the choice over whether to eat them. "I refute that

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has mooted a proposal to the agriculture ministry for setting up a national research aand information grid for horticulture trade(Nright),

Seven European supermarket chains have formed a consortium to eliminate genetically modified crops and derivatives from their own-label food products. The initiative has been led by J.Saibsbury, the

Researchers in Japan have used genetic engineering to make silk worms produce coloured silk. The scientists at the Kyoto Institute of Technology infected the silkworm larvae with a genetically

While Europe questions the merits of plant genetics, the technology is spreading rapidly on US farms. Take corn, which last year according to the National Corn Growers Association, about 16m acres