The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has stepped up its war on the devastating coffee wilt disease, which has reportedly affected almost 10 million trees in the districts of western and

Four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from different countries have joined hands in taking the fight against the Basmati patent acquired by Rice-Tec , a US company, to Lichtenstein, the home

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is still in the process of formulating its policy on whether to allow commerical use of the controversial BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton in the country.

Despite the assurances about the impossibility of the 'terminator gene' entering India given by agriculture minister Som Pal Parliament , a patent application for the controversial 'terminator gene'

Monsanto, the US biotech company, is so worried about the British public's negative response to genetically modified crops that it has held confidential meeting with the environmental groups most

The Human Hybrid Rice Research Center, a prominent research organization run by the Chinese government, has developed two rice hybrids that could yield about 30% bigger

A poor harvesting season due to a continuous dry spell this year has put farmers in Jammu and Kashmir in a quandary and the situation could worsen if relief measures are not taken immediately.

Bowing to mounting consumer pressure against genetically modified products, the US biotechnology gaint Monsanto has said that it has started working with environmental

The Punjab Young Farmer's Association will hold a kisan mela at Rakhra near Chandigarh on September 30 to distribute seeds of newly released high-yielding variety of wheat HD2687 (shresth) among

The Animal Welfare Board of India, established under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has decided to form a special "task force" to prevent alleged smuggling of