Crop scientists have used a chemical substance (pheromone) found in beetles for the first time to fight beetle menace which affects groundnut produce every year. They have extracted a unique

From one end of Europe to the other, consumers are in open revolt over the prospect of a future in which nature has somehow been altered by people holding test tubes. Throughout the world last year

As many as 82 farmers from Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra had committed suicide during the year after being over-burdened by debts, the Revenue Minister, Mr. Narayan Rane, told the

Two research groups in Japan have seprately developed potatoes that can decompose weedkillers and other agrochemicals sprayed on them. Both teams hope to commercialize the products-said to be the

The Himachal pradesh government plans to introduce crop insurance scheme in the state from this year to provide much-needed relief to the farmers in times of natural and other calamities. The state

With the international demand for henna picking up, the Rajasthan government has taken a series of measures to increase the area under its cultivation and also to have a higher yield per hectare.

A new plant gene, Terminator-III is threatening Indian farming and food security. "It is nothing short of bio-technological warfare", says food expert Devinder Sharma referring to the Terminator

The toll of buffaloes dying of food piosoning at Andheri has reached 60. Over the past two days 20 more animals have succumbed to food poisoning. The buffaloes were fed their usual fodder mixed with

The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) has started DNA fingerprinting of Indian crops and registration of genetic stocks to protect Indian plant varieties and intellectual property

More than 1000 head of cattle of some poor peasants have died so far following an epidemic in the Kupvi sub-tehsil of Chipal in Shimla district. Even last year hundreds of animals, mainly sheep and