A high-level inter-Ministerial meeting discussed the issue of whether or not to challenge the recent U.S. patent on anti-diabetic formulations based on brinjal, bottle gourd and jamun on Tuesday, bue

A perspective plan was being prepared for developing wastelands in Tamil Nadu over a period of 15 years, the State Agricultural Secretary, Mr. N. Athimoolam, has

Itochu Corp. from October will import almost all of the soyabeans used for making processed foods from U.S. suppliers on nongenetically modified crops, officials at the giant trading house said. The

Around the world people are taking a closer look at the genetic makeup of what they're eating-and growing uneasy with what they see. Over the past decade, genetically modified (GM) food has become

The first phase of the Rs. 749-crore tusser project has started functioning in Sarguja district of Madhya Pradesh. Spread over 10 years, this Japan-aided project had been approved for the "silk-rich"

Scientists have unearthed a new clue in the search for ways to combat soil erosion, the science journal Nature reported yesterday. Matthias Rillig from the Carnegie Institution of

FAO : About 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa need emergency food assistance, according to a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report. The report, released recently, says 16 countries in

With the manufacturing and financial sectors reeling under a crisis, the Thai government is banking on agriculture to provide jobs and restore incomes. "Agriculture has suddenly become an attractive

In a recent report, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has stated that the rate of growth of rice production, which fell substantially in the 1980s, continues to decline in the 1990s.

study: A survey conducted by a study group has established that suicides by farmers in Maharashtra during the last cropping season were indeed related to failure of crops, mainly cotton. The study