Three improved varieties of field crops - PBR-97 of Raya, PBW-396 of bread wheat and LC-2023 of the linseed - evolved by the Punjab Agricultural University have been approved for cultivation in

Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP

Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) destroyed the Bollgard Cotton Crop on half an acre of land in the Maledagudda village of Raichur district protesing against the US gaint

The U.S. company Monsanto's bid to acquire Delta and Pine Land, the firm which is part owner of the Terminator genes technology, is increasingly becoming an albatross round its neck. The very real

Even as Monsanto Enterprises, the multinational food and bio-tech giant tried to clarify that it was in no way involved with 'Terminator Gene', The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) threatened to

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the terminator? No, this terminator is a technology used to protect plants and crops from pests and improve its quality. And "terminator technology" recently brought to India

Agricultural research institutions in India, especially those involved in dryland farming, have a major role to play in developing strategies for sustainable agricultural practices in the arid

Italy plans to use its memebership of an alliance that is pushing from reform of the European Union milk sector as a platform to campaign for further changes to the Common Agricultural Policy. Paolo

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said that the number of chronically hungry people in the world was rising and that the Asian financial crisis could spell even more pain for the poor.

The Andhra Pradesh state assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to take measures to prevent Monsanto India from using the controversial 'terminator gene' technology.