About 7.30 lakh tonnes of paddy worth crores of rupees which is lying in open spaces of six districts of Ferozepore and Faridkot divisions, has started discolouring, official sources said. According

"Biofertilizer" - biologically fixed nitrogen (BNF) has increased grain yields by up to 500 per cent and brought sizeable savings compared to artificial fertilizers on farms across Zimbabwe. For the

The Tala Energy Research Institute (TERI) has strongly criticised the government for backtracking on the issue of urea price hike and said this would further aggravate fertilizer consumption ration

A reseearcher at the University of Florida, Daniel Gorbet, has claimed to have developed a new variety of peanut. The new nut has properties which will help consumers fight high blood and serum

Minister : Rapid urbanisaiton would make agricultural land increasingly scarce, Mr Ashok Bhattacharya, state Municipal Affairs Department Minister said today. The minister, however, could offer no

China : China's agricultural sector is struggling to meet growth targets this year as natural disasters wreak havoc and the effects of the Asian financial crisis sink in, the People's Daily said

World Bank Vice-President Ismail Serageldin said today that multinational corporations (MNCs) through their manipulation of the patent regime posed a serious threat to future food security,

R. Vijayaraghavan, professor of agricultural extension, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, has bagged the Distinguished Leadership award of the American Biographical

The budget allocation of Rs 60 crore towards the long-awaited technology mission on cotton is expected to provide necessary boost to its production as well as improve the quality of the

A breed of genetically modified peas almost totally resistant to weevils has been developed. Normally weevils can reduce pea yields by 25-30 per cent. Scientists at CSIRO, the Australian research