Crops around the world today yield a bounty that was unimaginable only a few decades ago. For many millions of people, the development of a hardier, more productive crops has been a lifesaver. But an

Tokyo is not against genetically modified food, but is responding to consumer concerns : a

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has chalked out a major programme to help the cattle-breeders of drought-affected Saurashtra and KUtch by adopting more than 100,000 milch animals. The highly

The threat of an attack on US soil from biological warfare has increased in recent years as the intelligence community has discovered organisms grown in foreign laboratoreies aimed at disrupting

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has launched a banking plan to facilitate the re-financing of pineaple growers in North Bengal, who seek to switch over to the

One of Britain's top science forums was told on Tuesday that genetically modified crops could make people healthier. "Nothing is safe," argued professor Ben Miflin of the University of Nottingham.

The US consumers want more labelling and stricter regulation of genetically modified food, according to a survey. Almost 70 per cent of survey respondents said the US Government shoudl require

The Supreme Court has given respite to all the accused in the Himachal "apple scam" case holding that there was no evidence, direct or circumstantial, to support the charge of conspiracy to cheat the

There have been less damages to crops, property and human lives this year on account of natural calamities in the monsoon period. ON the other hand, in this monsoon season, the country received

India has chalked out a five-point strategy for talks on review of World Trade Organisation(WTO) agreement on agriculture, favouring continuation of subsidy to developing nations' farmers to achieve

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