About 44 lakh tonnes of fertile topsoil is lost every year from areas where jhum cultivation is practiced in Nagaland. This was stated by the Soil Conservation Director, Mr. V. Angami, while replying

A group of Kentucky farmers, seeking to grow industrial hemp but in effect prohibited by US drug laws, marched into court, claiming that the US Drug Enforcement Agency is out of

The second stage of green revolution is running into resistance from farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The first stage, promoting high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice, left Africa's poorer farmers

With the department of economic affairs refusing to recommend any matching grant of UNDP funded jute developing projects, all the on-going projects have been

A financial package of Rs 80 crore for India routed through CoBank, a prominent US based cooperative bank, has been suspended following sanctions imposed after the nuclear tests. The fund is meant

The Andhra Pradesh Government has finalised a new comprehensive agriculture policy which aims at strengthening the farm extension system. The policy is proposed to be unveiled after the approval of

Monsanto Co. and Cargill Inc. agreed to jointly develop genetically enhanced food and animal feed, linking Monsato's gene technology with one of the world's most powerful food processing and

A new genetic technology patented in the United States which prevents germination of seeds saved from harvest, is emerging as a global threat to farmers, a report warns. The new "terminator"

In a bid to tap the expansive packaging market for horticultural exports from the country, jute packaging entrepreneurs are working on a project to develop a bio-degradable jute packaging material

The Central Government has approved an inter-state soil conservation scheme to prevent soil erosion in the catchment areas of the Mysore dam on the Kabini