The Cabinet decided to discontinue the Experimental Crop Insurance Scheme and instead allow operation of the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme. It directed the agriculture ministry to prepare a

For several years now, integrated pest management (IPM) as an effective alternative to the use of chemical pesticides has been propagated, but ironically its translation into practice reaches a

Farmers in Victoria's Wimmera district have lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops to a disastrous late October frost. While the extent of the damage is only now becoming apparent, it is

Rice experts at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) have opposed the large scale import of hybrid rice seed for three years. "It is an unwise decision to import a big volume of hybrid rice

Despite unseasonal rains, the sugarcane production in Maharashtra is expected to surpass the target and create a problem of plenty. The Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Federation is already

The $6-billion Monsanto Enterprises will introduce a technology, called conservation tillage, for farmers which will help maintain land fetility. Monsanto, which had entered India 20 years ago, is

The Andhra Pradesh government has taken up an area expansion programme for onion crop during the 1998 rabi season. It is planning to bring in an additional 12,000 acres under the onion crop to

The ECNEC(Bangladesh) yesterday approved three projects, including one for strengthening the Seed Certification Agency at an estimated cost of Tk 23.76 crore, reports UNB. The total outlay of the

Govt : Nepal government expects the food production to go up this year but the 38 food deficient districts will reach self-sufficiency only after the completion of the 20-year Agriculture Perspective

A prominent American biologist yesterday suggested that Thailand should launch a labelling law requiring producers to inform the public of their genetically-altered foods so that consumers have a