Environmental groups hailed a French decision to suspend the distribution of genetically altered corn seeds. The suspension, ordered by the council of state, will be in force pending an assessment of

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Peshawar has released a new wheat variety named "Fakhr-e-Sarhad", which is completely resistant to rusts

Brazil has broken its historic ban on genetically engineered crops by approving Monsanto's transgenic Roundup Ready soybean seeds. The decision will open up the world's second largest soybean

A super high-yielding hybrid rice whose per-hectare output may be 20 percent higher than the present hybrids will be born in China by 2000. As a result of breakthroughs in breeding technology, the

In response to growing international environmental concerns, the Agriculture Ministry in Thailand announced it would apply ISO 14000 environmental standard series to all farm products. Rubberwood, as

A gene responsible for exponential growth among some Antarctic penguin species could help trigger phenomenal poultry growth if its links with a corresponding gene in fowl are established, polar

Andhra Bank would introduce "specilised" banking in Punjab. An agri card would be launched in Punjab to ensure ready and timely credit to

In a unique study of nitrogen pollution from farm fertilizer that gives farmers concerns equal weight to those of ecologists, two Stanford researchers, Pamela Matson and Rosamond Naylor, may have

Greenpeace announced the result of its investigation into an uncontrolled genetic field test of Monsanto in the Eastern European country of Georgia. The report reveals how Monsanto used the lack of

Maharashtra government plans to release two separate policies on agro processing and bio-technology to attract private sector investment in a big way.