Organically grown cotton is evincing much interest though it currently accounts for only a fraction of the total amount of cotton consumed in the country. Indian farmers have started tuning to

A Punjab Government study reveals that there has been a spurt in the suicides in Punjab following the end of terrorism-related violence in 1992-93 . The suicide rate is the highest among the

Less than half Thailand's paddy fields will be farmed in the coming season as the Kingdom faces one of the worst water shortages ever, warn irrigation officials. Water levels in the country's dams

While authorities in Punjab's grain markets are now procuring paddy as per the new relaxed norms of the Union government, thousands of farmers who sold their produce (estimated around 20 lakh tons)

Pesticides Association of India (PAI) has sought a revision of the Union and state government policies on use of pesticides in agriculture. PAI Secretary S K Tannan told The Financial Express on

Burma, once the rice bowl of Asia, is renewing efforts to revive its languishing agricultural industry by developing large production zones for rice for export and enlisting foreign expertise and

Aman crops on about 48,000 hectares of land have been damaged by root-rottening disease and pests in 10 districts of the South -western region of Bangladesh dashing the dream of the farmers of the

The havoc caused by the recent untimely rains has reduced a number of farmers in Kaithal, Pehowa, Pundri, Pai and Kalayat to penury. Not only the farmers but also the farm labour is facing

Alarmed at rapid rise in process, the West Bengal government of rice, potato and edible oil outside the state, which steps are being taken to import 10,000 tonnes of onions from Iran.

India has taken a lead in production of international-grade mint oil, thanks to the superior high-yielding varieties and crop technologies developed by scientists in Lucknow.The Central Institute of