The Mother Dairy plant in the capital has become the first plant in the country to achieve latest global standard for food hygiene and safety - called Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).

Small and marginal farmers in Kerala, united under the umbrella of the Farmers' Relief Forum (FRF), have decided to protest against government apathy to ward the community by declaring an embargo on

Following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in this district, nearly 250 head of cattle have died in about 50 villages, while about 4200 head of cattle have been affected by the disease.

A simple and inexpensive plastic-mounted colour chart is being advocated for efficient nitrogen management in rice by scientists at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. "The

A senior Clinton Administration official has stated that India's envisaged challenge of a U.S. patent given to an American company for basmati rice would be an exercise in

Two decades of fights over food labelling and nutrition have suggested at least two laws of behviour. First, Americans have an unquenchable hunger to know as much as possible about what is in their

Members of the Rajya Sabha today called upon the government to take immediate action and to move the World Trade Organisaiton, to counter an American firm's acquiring a patent for basmati rice, a

Bangladesh Tea Research Institute, Srimongal has released a new high yielding variety of tea clone namely BT II. The average per hectare of BT II clone is 5179

After an American company Rice Tech Inc., helped basmati find a breeding ground in the heart of Texas, it is the turn of tea companies to start sweating. Kenyan tea companies are keen to go a step

The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has become serious with other countries laying claims for products tradionally produced in India, but had gone without patenting. Inaugurating the

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