Himachal Pradesh is expected to produce over 2 crore boxes (around 3.6 lakh tonne) of apples this year despite a spell of drought this summer and mite disease attack, which affected its size.

The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) has taken up a massive programme for extension of cultivation of Binasail, a high yielding variety (HYV) of paddy developed by BINA for the Aman

Vietnam is making the most of agriculture in the Mekong delta although soil fertility is falling and water flows are becoming unstable on the complex river system, an expert said on Thursday. Pham

Greens plan new ways to handle US co's claim: With the Indian Government dragging its feet on finalising its response to the Basmati patent claimed by an American company, environmentalists are

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide vegetable seeds to marginal farmers in Bangladesh to grow vegetables in the aftermath of flood. About 25 metric tons of improved variety of

The fate of the Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj (PANSI) Integrated Area Development Project has become uncertain due to alleged bureucratic tangles. The five year project, supposed to be commenced from

Mr Surinder Kumar Jakhar, Chairman IFFCO is among those farmers who have started ploughing under their cotton crop affected by American bollworn of leafcurl. Mr Jakhar, while ploughing under two

One lakh hectares of wasteland in the State (A.P.) will be upgraded for productive use with cent per cent grant from the British Department for International Development (DFID) under the

Taisei Corp. plans to test a computer program designed to forecast the formation of red tides, caused by the presence of phytoplankton, reduce pearl production. The test is to be run at Ago Bay, Mie

A new study urges an overhaul of Japan's farming laws in view of expanding food imports and dwindling farm population, but the prime minister's advisory committee sidestepped a key international

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