The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended a concessional loan of US Dollar 50 million to the Nepalese Government for its effort to reform the stagnant agricultural

The government of Punjab is working on a proposal to introduce organic farming in the state. It follows the visit of Financial Commissioner (Development) R N Gupta recently to the Japan-based MoA

The Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment is proposing to restructure the Millions Well Scheme (MWS) by making it a beneficiary-oriented scheme for enhancing the agricultural productivity levels of

The US and Latin American banana producers told the European Union that initial proposals for changing its banana import regime to comply with a World Trade Organisation ruling were not

Cotton growers in Punjab have suffered a colossal loss due to waterlogging and unfavourable weather conditions.Cotton crop worth more than Rs 1,000 crore were

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, battling to contain the worst civil unrest of his 17-year rule, says his government will bot relent on plans to seize White-owned farms.

The spate of suicides among farmers in Andhra Pradesh showed no sign of abating as two more farmers chose to embrace death rather thaan face their moneylenders.

The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) in Bangalore has organised a one day seminar on the present status and future thrust of weed management in horticultural crops on January

With some farmers in Andhra Pradesh committing suicide in recent weeks, the Union agriculture ministry has set up a 5-member committee to examine why farmers in the state are heavily in debt and what

The fourth World Spice Congress being held in Chennai from January 23 to 25 has evoked an over whelming response internationally, according to the organisers.