A 'citizens conference' organized by the French parliament has highlighted public misgivings and confusion over genetically altered products entering the food chain. The conference raised consumer's

The Japanese Ambassador to India, Mr. Hiroshi Hirabayashi, formally inaugurated the first phase of the Japanese Government funded multi-crore-rupee Manipur sericulture project in

Agricultural scientist Vithalbhai J Patel has ushered in a veritable revolution in arhar dal production, based on high-yielding Japanese seeds which can produce three to five tonnes per acre in

The killing of a tea garden owner and his son by tribal terrorists in Tripura has triggered panic in the state's tea industry . At least a dozen plantation managers have decided to leave the state

The Maharashtra State government will recommend to the centre amendments in the Fertiliser Control Order (FCO) making it mandatory for chemical fertiliser manufacturers to set up a bio-fertiliser

Sowing in north and northwestern India will not be adversely affected by the early arrival of the southwest monsoon as rainfall is likely to remain comparatively weak in the plains of these regions

Their land parched and plagued with insects, many of India's poorest farmers are taking their own lives : a

Bowing to demands from Washington, the Colombian government has agreed to test a granular herbicide to kill coca crops, despite public warnings from the chemical's American manufacturer against its

Virtual shutdown of North Korea's food distribution system is forcing many of its people, especially women and children, to survive on bark and wild plants until the summer harvest, aid officials

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio-technology, a centre for excellence for advanced research and training in bio-technology, intends to breathe fresh air into the long-drawn but controversy-ridden