The Andhra pradesh government has hit upon a novel idea of organising 'on-farm extension' in each of the 1,105 blocks in the state to boost agriculture output under its comprehensive agriculture

With the world's largest bovine population, India is set to become the world's largest milk producer, surpassing the US by the turn of the century. The country is also likely to be a major player in

Chinese scientists have been successful in growing 13,333 hectares of winter wheat in frigid northeastern parts of China. The winter wheat can resist cold to as low as minus 28 degrees

Novartis AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, will spend $600 million over the next 10 years on a San Diego, California, complex that the company says will be the biggest crop-gene mapping project in

NOVARTIS AG, the world's largest drug and crop chemicals company, has said it will spend $600 millions over the next decade on a California research centre to help it compete in the emerging market

The Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) has developed 12 new varieties of high yielding rice for commercial cultivation in the

Britain formally handed over the agricultural centres at Pakhribas and Lumle to the Nepal government. The two centres were established over 25 years ago and have been funded ever since by the British

A record 96,000 sets of drainage facilities have been in full operation in China's flood-hit areas to mitigate further losses caused by flooding. Floods in South China and areas along the Yangtze

Mumbai will host Globoil India'98 on September 20 and 21 this year. Globoil India'98, the country's premier international conference and exhibition on vegetale oil, feed and feed ingredients,

The Jain Committee on All India Coordinated Research Projects (AICRP) has recommended phasing out 13 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) projects and replacement of another 10 projects by