As the weather continues to play villain, farmers in Punjab have suffered a heavy loss of several hundred crores of rupees . Due to the prevailing spell of inclement weather, paddy procurement

Just as the government announced a possible banning of genetically modified crops in the UK, a public debate in London this week, heard from a specialist in intergrated pest management who fear local

The present land policy is still too conservative to sufficiently boost land yield in China, experts warn. This is despite the party's recent resolution to push ahead with rural reforms. The new land

The Delhi Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Vijai Kapoor, has suggested that various soil and moisture conservation measures should be taken up by the concerned land managing agencies for improving the water

A new bio-pesticide, Tai Virdi, to control fungal diseases has been launched by the Tamil Nadu Agro Industries, a Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking. Technically named Trichoderma Virdi, the

A US-based foundation announced on Tuesday it had awarded the 1998 World Food Prize to an Indian entrepreneur for helping develop the role of private enterprise in Indian agriculture. The prestigious

The American bollworm (sundi) has once again played havoc with the cotton crop in Punjab and brought the growers on the brink of economic disaster. As per the estimates of Northern Indian Cotton

In a major boost for India in its fight to protect basmati, the rice industry of Europe has protested against US comapany RiceTec Inc being allowed to use its trademark 'Texmati' in Europe as its

A seed bank of flowering plants, the first of its kind in India, has been set up at the Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC) at Bhubaneswar. The bank would operate under the National Institute for

Hurricane Georges, which hit the northern Caribbean three weeks ago, has devastated the agricultural sector of the Dominican Republic. The government's preiliminary assessement of the damage is