The Pesticide Association of India has in separate representations to the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan opposed the proposed ban on the spraying of pyrethroids on the cotton crop in

A huge uncultivable land in the coastal belts of Bangladesh may be brought under rice cultivation using a newly invented technology. Under the new method, along with basal dose of nitrogen,

Farmers having their land holdings across the Ravi opposite Makaura Ferri in Barial Bulge are a worried lot in view of continuous erosion in the area due to fast currents of the Ravi. The matter has

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a programme to create a nation-wide information network by connecting together all the research centres, farm universities and

Farm ministers resumed talks on curbing agricultural subsidies in the European Union after France won a major concession from Germany that governments will not have to pick up part of the cost of

South Africa's first genetically modifiedgrain has been grown commercially and will be sold on the market mixed with other grains, a leading seed seller said late last week. "Up to 50,000 hectares of

The US officials have expressed frustration with the European attitudes that threaten to block the acceptance of genetically modified crops that have the potential to increase and improve food

Vandana Shiva: A year-long seed satyagraha was kicked off on Friday amid cries of "No Bollgard, no terminator" and "No patents on life." The movement was simultaneously launched in other parts of

For the endangered species of pygmy hog- world's smallest pig found only in the grasslands of Assam - a research and breeeding centre has proved to be a boon.Three seasons into captive breeding and

Thousands of hectares of fertile agricultural land in Haryana has been turning waste, thanks to the problems of acute waterlogging and the failure of the authorities to implement any concrete plan