The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has recommended the closure of the Delhi government's ambitious poultry project because of huge

The Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) here is trying to develop resistant varieties of indigenous cotton which is hardy as compared to the American ones. This would help

China formulated an ambitious plan to curb soil erosion on 50,000 sq.km. annually in each of the next 50 years. China has lost nearly three million ha. of cultivated land to soil erosion in recent

Poverty is arguably the biggest burden that Bangladesh faces and this view is supported by a survey that was undertaken jointly by the Centre for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific

With a view to providing protection to cows and stop cow slaughter and smuggling of the animal, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to implement effectively and strictly the Cow Slaughter

The Punjab farmer is facing the burden of debts, Mr Sukhpal Singh Khera, vice-president of the Youth Congress, Punjab, said yesterday. Unable to make their two ends meet, eight farmers in Chottian

For the first time the state has a Horticulture Minister, Mr Narinder Bragta, from the apple belt, an event that has sent the minister and his supporters into a frenzy of delight. But this joy could

Panel: The R.V. Gupta committee appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to suggest measures for giving an impetus to the flow of credit to the agricultural sector, has suggested that commercial

Four new rice varieties have been recommended for all-India release by annual meeting of the rice (researchers) group. Of the four varieties, three (VI Dhan 81, Neerja and Cr 629-256) are

The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, today indicated that the Government may raise a dispute in the World Trade Organisation on the