In what is perhaps the largest proposal to "corporatise' commercial farming in Karnataka, the Reliance group plans to invest a total of Rs. 110 crores to "develop"cashew plantations across 10,000

Opposition members of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha today lashed out at the government on its failure to provide compensation to farmers who had suffered heavy damage to their crops because of untimely

Renowned agriculural scientists, Mr. M.S. Swaminathan, has called for the adoption of precision farming through integrated natural esources conservation-based farming

Terminator genes could mean big biotech bucks-but big trouble too. For all the heat Monsanto is taking, the company did not create Terminator. The technology was developed by the USDA and a

A dreaded plant disease known as "gynoderma" which took a heavy toll of betelnut trees of private gardens has caused wide spread concern among the betelnut growers of Dudhnoi and its adjoining

The cost of European Union environmental legislation could lead to animal medicines being forced off the market, say drug makers. In order to gain a marketing licence, European manufacturers must

Chief ministers have shown interest in it. Agriculture ministers have approved of it. Experts see it as the most appropriate technology. And quite a few farmers have benefited from it. Yet bioculture

The birth of the country's first lamb from a frozen embryo has been reported by the Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (CSWRI) at Avikanagar near Jaipur. Scientists used a technique called

In view of the perpetual short supply of tomato in Punjab Hindustan Level Ltd., which has already taken over the Pepsi Food's hi-tech processing plants in Jalandhar and McDowell's Kisan brand, has

The Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala has decided to come to the rescue of farmers, who fell prey to crop destruction spree of the ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM)