A research project to simulate agricultural output during variations in weather and agri-resources and crop prices, will be carried out by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU), at a cost of

About one-third of US corn and soyabean land will be planted with bio-engineered seed this year, a seed company executive has said, and the figure probably will reach 50 per cent next year. US

Agriculture in Punjab is confronted with problems. These, according to experts, may affect the agro-ecosystem. The south-western region which contributed 15 per cent of the total cotton production in

The new variety of barley christened as "Vijay M 130" evolved by United Breweries (UB) is being viewed as major break-through in malt research. After its successful cultivation at Ugar, Karnataka

As many as 178 serial suicides in a span of three months by Andhra Pradesh farmers have set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of the National Human Rights Commission. The NHRC on February 20,

Experts : The protection of Geographic Indications Bill being drafted by the Union government will not be a magic wand which will solve the geographic appellation-related problems being faced by

The agriculture ministry is worried that the area under wheat cultivation has gone down by one million hectare from last year's 26 million hectare. The fall in average will affect wheat cultivation,

Opposition parties as well as some sections of the ruling Congress(I) oppose the Goa government's proposed move to dole out the state's forest land on lease to Reliance-Salgaonkar Ltd (RSL) for

To improve assistance to agricultural commodity producers in developing countries, particularly the least developing countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Common Fund for

Wealthy landowners seem likely to keep the bulk of their European Union subsidies in spite of calls for a limit to hand-outs. Proposals by the European Commission, the EU's executive, would mean that

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