The World Bank has submitted to the Bangladesh government a 27-year project (1998-2025) for sustainable rural development strategy to build up a food security system in the country. The WB will

Four PAU scientists have been given the ISPRD award by the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD) in recognition of their research work on the improvement of pulse

India has formally protested to the French authorities against giving a French company right to use Basmati in its trade marks. This is the first time India has taken preventive action to protect

Various projects of the Gurdaspur Animal Husbandry Department in the district are facing closure one after the

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is getting some soyabean germplasm from Mexico as an alternative to rice crop as the rice-wheat rotation in Punjab has reportedly created many soil health and

India and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement for promotion of agricultural research. The agreement envisages exchange of technical information, exchange of scientists, sharing of information

The monsoon in Vidarbha had led to extensive damage to the cotton and jowar crop. In this region of Yavatmal last year due to unseasonal rains, hail storms and a pest attack the local economy was

The Cotton Corporation of India(CCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Punjab State Seeds Corporation for the production of 6,500 quintals of certified seeds of popular

Union agriculture minister Som Pal has severely criticised the Planning Commission's target for foodgrain production for 1998-99 at 210 million tonnes as 'unrealistic and unpragmatic'. He has

Genetic solutions are the answer to the problems of low yield and poor quality of crops, says an agricultural expert. Inaugurating the first national plant breeders congress at Tamil Nadu