The world's producers and consumers of rubber hold a pivotal meeting this week as hopes fade for the survival of the last global commodity agreement with economic clout. The International Natural

Growers of vegetables like onion and potato, flowers like aster, marigold, gladioli and roses and trees like eucalyptus, poplar, babool and also fodder crops can now look forward to a unique

The menthol-based pest repellents, developed at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Pesticides (CIMAP) at Lucknow, has finally got a process patent in India. It was a welcome reward for

Kerala has sought Central assistance of Rs. 2.5 crore to fight for foot and mouth disease in cattle. In a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister, Kerala food and civil supplies minister E.

Two cotton growers have, according to reports reaching Mumbai, committed suicides in Karnataka, even as the new crop season is about to start in the country in a few days. Cotton crop of these

A top U.S. trade official yesterday strongly denied the United States will offer a proposal for labeling food products made from genetically-modified crops in upcoming world trade talks.

Prince Hans-Adam II of the Liechtenstein has rejected demands to give up his patent of a special type of basmati rice, in an international dispute that has united India and Pakistan against one of

U.S. biotechnology group Monsanto Co is considering a major rethink of its strategy on genetically-modified food in Britain, the Observer newspaper said yesterday. The paper said the company, a

The agriculture ministry has permitted the production and use of combination pesticides (mixture of products ) for various crops in view of the growing incidence of ineffectiveness of popular

England's Countryside Stewardship Scheme, under which farmers apply to receive payments in return for protecting sections of land from over intensive farming, will be renewed. Funding levels for the