In yet another case of debt and crop-failutre deaths, two farmers of Bir Khurd village in this district allegedly commited suicide by consuming pesticides. Bikkar singh and Baldev Singh ended their

Fresh reports of the damages caused by freak rains and rice eating pests in this year's harvest from various parts of the Nepal has begun to arrive in Kathmandu. Adverse weather conditions and the

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed eight more high-yielding varieties of rice, six of them are expected to be released for commercial cultivation by the next year. The other two

Farmers in Karnataka on Friday announced that they would launch a nation-wide agitation, in association with agriculturists in other states, against seed and agrochemical giant Monsanto, which they

Heavy unseasonal rains in western India have partially damaged the cotton and groundnut crop, which could cut the country's winter oilseeds output, trade officials said recently. They said rains had

Indian teas have once again been put under the microscope. The European Tea Committee (ETC) in its latest report on surveilance on tea for 1994-97 has pointed to the presence of unlimited and banned

Sugar beet, genetically modified to withstand herbicide, is expected to appear on the US market next year. But European Governments, wary of public worries over beef because of the BSE 'made cow'

The Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute, is credited with developing nearly all the new rice varieties that doubled production. About 60% of the world's ricelands are planted

Tony Blair, prime minister of UK responded to concern over genetically modified crops by setting up a cabinet committee to monitor tough tests. But creation of the committee, headed by Jack

In one of Singapore's remote northern corners, C.K. Eng has more than a dozen greenhouses full of butterhead lettuce-with no air conditioning. Eng's company, Aero-Green Technology, grows its wares

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