Spain is seeking further European Union aid in an effort to contain the spread of swine fever, which has already led to the slaughter of more than 800,000 pigs, almost 5 per cent of the country's

Fear and panic has gripped Betul district after the toll in police firing on protesting farmers went up to 16. The farmers were demanding compensation for the damage to their crops due to hail,

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to organise a State-wide poultry immunisation programme at an estimated cost of Rs. 89 lakhs, to prevent "Ranikhet" viral disease among

Scalemaster Adlam Private Ltd. an NRI firm engaged in the manufacture of non-chemical water treatment units for industrial usage, has now introduced a radical water treatment system for poultry

Agro-Climatic Regional Planning (ACRP), a pilot project implemented in Manikandam block in Tiruchi district, which aims at reclaiming alkaline soils, has successfully developed the methodology to

About 18 new crop varieties and three farm implements evolved by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University were released as Pongal gift to farmers by the State Minister for Agriculture, Mr Veerapandi

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries plans to draw up legislation to enhance food self sufficiency in case of international conflicts or unusual weather. The planned measure will allow the

At the initiative of the State Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh, the Union Government has relaxed the norms about purchase of paddy and rice on support price keeping in view the damage to paddy crop

Dairy Scientists of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) are working on producing multiple identical buffalo calves from a single

Onion prices are skyrocketing in Nashik district, Asia's largest onion producing centre, due to heavey losses, following unseasonal rains accompanied by hailstroms in the