The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Phdcci) has said the new government should ensure a hike in public investment in agriculture sector with a special emphasis on developing irrigation and

The Government in the Legislative Assembly today, refused to go beyond the reports from its officials on the suicide committed by farmers in Bidar district on account of the failure of toor dhal

Studies conducted at the Rubber Research Institute of India by scientist, Dr. R. Kothandaraman, have shown that rubberwood saw dust could be used as a substrate for oyster mushroom

A proposal to formulate a national agricultural marketing policy has been mooted to prepare the agriculture sector for the post-2000 scenario, when the WTO agreement comes into force. Initial

Low world cereal stocks for the third consecutive year have rung a warning bell, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. This is despite a good wheat crop anticipated in India, Western

An environmental watchdog organisation has urged the Supreme Court to direct the government to challenge the US patent granted to a Texas-based company for a strain of rice derived from basmati. In a

Crop researchers say that distillery effluents can help reduce fertiliser use drastically as they are a rich source of major nutrients needed for optimal plant growth. Scientists at the Indian

The Uttar Pradesh government has distributed about 6,700 hectares of reclaimed land to over 16,000 poor and landless families for cultivation under a $112.2 million World Bank aided project. The

A Rs 12 crore 'seed health' research programme at the Bio-technology Department of the Mysore University is to shortly commence a Rs 1.2 crore DANIDA funded research programme to 'diagnose possible

After excelling in foodgrain and milk produciton. Punjab's farmers are preferring something really hot: chillies.