The Himachal Pradesh Governemnt has decided to raise fruit production from the existing 0.04 million tonnes to 1.25 m.t. by the year 2020 to turn this apple State into a fruit bowl of the

A major breakthrough promises to transform the agricultural sector

CM : The Central Government's unilateral proposed decision to allow Sri Lankan duty free tea for the domestic market has come as a threat to the tea industry," said Mr Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the

The Madras High Court admitted a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Tamil Nadu Animals and Birds in Urban Areas(Control and Regulation) Act, which provided for relocating

Advertising of crop protection products (CPPs) is still far from truthful, with manufacturers often exaggerating the quality and downplaying the dangers of products, which has resulted in negligence

Speaking of farm products, how about those food scares that seem to be sweeping the globe with increasing frequency ; terrifying consumers with science that often turns out to be the only poison

The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) has developed four more high yielding varities of crops in the current fiscal year. These varities were released for commercial

The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has signed a technology transfer-cum-co-operation agreement with Iran, involving training of Iranian scientists and students on advance research in the

SIV: The management of SIV Industries has assured the farming community that when the scheme for letting treated effluents of its pulp plant(as prescribed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board)

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union Governemnt on a public interest litigation challenging the permission given for field trials of Monsanto's genetically modified Bollgard cotton in