A new farmer -frindly diagnostic kit developed by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (Tifac) and Bhartiya Agro Industries Foundation (Baif) of New Delhi will help the poultry

The government is planning to table the revised versions of the Plant varieties Protection and Farmer's Rights (PVPFR) Bill and Biodiversity Conservation (BDC) Bill in the Parliament.

Monsanto, the agricultural biotechnology company at the centre of growing controversy over plant genetic engineering, defended modified crops when it invited journalists to inspect a field trial of

The superstition that girls who attain puberty do not augur well for crops is making farmers employ a large number of minor girls as agricultural labour in the cotton seed farms of the backward

The North Eastern Council (NEC) , the apex planning body for North-East India, is likely to create a revolving fund to bail out ailing livestock breeding frms in Meghalaya and Assam to ensure

Monday's downpour which was accompanied by high velocity winds dampened the standing paddy crop at many places. A considerable loss of yield is expected. Mechanical harvesting will get quite

Contrary to the government's expectations that a bountiful post-monsoon harvest would substantially rein in the current inflationary levels, latest estimates of foodgrain output made by the

Farmers in Rajasthan are moving away from the traditional crop, jowar, to soyabean cultivation, largely due to the new varieties of high-yield seeds that are making them richer by the day.

Leading food experts have warned strict vegetarians not to eat any of the one million tons of soyabean which the government is importing into India from the United States.

A new 'flood-tolerant' breed of rice developed at the Rajendra Agricultural University in the State is fast gaining popularity among farmers in the flood plains of North Bihar. The high yield,

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