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

Three more farmers, two of Bir Khurd village and one of Kotshamir in Bathinda district committed suicide when they failed to repay their debt taken from commission agents and government institution

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