India has banned the import of crop seeds containing the controversial Terminator gene, but farm experts and activists say this is not enough to protect the rights of millions of farmers that

The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) is planning cultivation of hybrid varieties of coconut seedlings resistant to the dreaded root wilt disease. The hybrid varieties,

The Centre has released Rs 46.2173 crore out of its total share of 146.7426 crore for the six on going-schemes for boosting crop production. The Centre decided to continue the six schemes with a view

: The Punjab government has sought the assistance of various national research organisations including Forestry Research Institute, Peshawar to cope with the problem created by the diseases affecting

The U.S. agrochemical giant, Monsanto, has stated in a press statement issued here today that none of its products used the "terminator gene" technology.Preferring to call it "gene protection

Severe drought condition prevails in Midnapore district and aman paddy plantation sown on 48 per cent of a total of 4,39,000 hectare area has been parched. There is no scope for raising seed bed

By implanting two novel genes taken from cabbage and cauliflower, plant biologists in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi have developed a new protein-rich transgenic

The leaf curl virus has become a potential threat to the cotton crop in Haryana . To assess the damage caused by this disease, a team of cotton scientists of CCS Haryana agricultural University and

A Nagpur-based scientist came up with a new technology and cotton can now be grown in an eco-friendly way without using chemicals and insecticides. The new technology, which utilises farm-recycled

FAO : Global fish production was virtually unchanged in 1997, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. Production reached 122 million tonnes in 1997 from a revised estimate of 121 m.t. in