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

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

The blood-stained Chambal valley in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh has hope of redemption yet. The government of Israel has offered the Uttar Pradesh government a pilot project of Rs 200 crore

Australian scientists have developed a test that can reveal the presence of food-spoiling microbes. The procedure could help industry produce dairy products with a longer shelf life, they claim.

US government plans to test a soil-borne fungus which is hoped will be able to selectively kill narcotics plants could backfire, according to a plant geneticist. According to the Associated Press

The European Union (EU) has approved a new project to improve the tolerance of wheat to salinity, sodicity and waterlogging. This was disclosed by Dr Zahid Hussain, Director of Land and Water

Rattarog (Redrot) has spoiled about 20 per cent the sugarcane crop in Punjab. The worst effect of this has been seen on the COJ-64 variety of the crop, covering almost 50 per cent the area presently

Even as the nation is reeling under an acute shortage of onions, almost 150 tonnes of the vegetable imported from Dubai has become unfit for consumption because of bureaucratic wrangling. The

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant of US$500 thousand to help the Nepal government to prepare a Crop Diversification Project, an ADB press release issued said.

Ministry : End-monsoon and pre-winter rains and floods in several parts of the country have played havoc with crops prospects, but the agriculture ministry does not expect them to adversely affect