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

CLASS, the German farming equipment manufacturer, has achieved an engineering breakthrough in the harvesting of sugarcane in the tropical and sub-tropical countries. Its machine can now harvest green

After a year of record grain production, Argentina will shift some of its crop land from wheat to sunflowers for the 1998-99 harvest, with corn and soyabean plantings remaining steady, a US

PM : The national agriculture policy will promote consolidation of land holdings to improve productivity and provide a major boost to agro-processing and agri-business, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee

Monsanto Co., in a move agreed to buy a European wheat breeding business from the Unilever group for a hefty $525

Local scientists have evolved new strains of cotton with early maturing period and capable to resist pest attacks as against current two cultivars, NIAB-78 and CRIS-9.The new strains of

The outstanding woman Scientist Award for the year 1997 has gone to Dr Usha K Mehta of Coimbatore-based Sugarcane Breeding Institute. Dr. Mehta, head of division of crop protection in SGI, has been

An enterprising farmer from Rajasthan will be honoured by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for developing new high-yielding varieties of chilly and coriander. The Council has also