Monsanto, the US-based life sciences company which entered the country primarily as a herbicide manufacturer, has plans to make major forays into the field of bio-technology. Apart from developing

Rice exporters have ruled out any threat to Indian Basmati due to patenting of this variety by foreign companies. Most of the hype about the threat to Indian Basmati was the creation of the media

In order to promote agricultural, economic and social development in the country, Saveer Biotech Ltd has launched the Franca Buchstabe greenhouse technology in India. The technology being adopted by

The dairy industry is failing to maintain milk's place in children's diets by emphasizing only its nutritional benefits and the industry should look for ways to promote milk as an attractive drink

The total allocation for the short-term post-flood agricultural rehabilitation in Bangladesh stands at Tk 45 crore, including government's contribution of Tk 34.64 crore, reports UNB. This was stated

The Union Environment and Forest and Agriculture ministries have opposed a proposal of the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment for a mechanism to work jointly for the conservation of soil and

A combination of drought and economic crisis bolstered import demand for rice in Asia over the past year, by the extent to which this trend will spill over into 1999 will be the focus of an imdustry

Millions of caterpillars have wreaked havoc on mangroves and fruit orchards of Ranong's (Thailand) over the past three months, causing damage of about 200 million baht. Sophon Havanont, chief of

The National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation at Nashik, which has been working on the research and development of garlic, has developed two varieties of garlic in the

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI) has ruled that all existing companies engaged in collective investment schemes such as plantation, teakwood and in animal husbandry should

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