The use of herbal and aromatic plants in textile and non-textile related fields is very important. Thus the natural wealth of Uttarakhand has a very bright future. In India till now, no systematic efforts have been made to develop the growth, protection and the use of these herbal plants.
In 2006, India proposed a draft rule requiring the labeling of all genetically modified (GM) foods and products derived thereof. This paper assesses the economic implications of introducing such a mandatory labeling policy for GM food. Focuses on four products that would likely be the first affected by such a regulation in India: cottonseed oil, soybean oil, brinjal (eggplant), and rice.
Rajkot: Ashok Patel, a farmer from Kukma village in Kutch district, recently processed 4,000 kg cotton produced in his farm and got bales made out of it at a warehouse in Bhuj. The bales have also been stocked at this warehouse. Patel has already sold the seed for good price and is waiting for a good price bid for his stocked bales.
Until now the debate on agricultural biotechnology mainly focused on the environmental impact, biosafety issues and intellectual property rights. This paper looks at the nature of commercialised biotech products, the changing locus of agricultural research, the emerging market failures in biotech product development, and the likely impact on poverty and employment.
Semi-arid Gujarat has clocked high and steady growth at 9.6% per year in agricultural state domestic product since 1999-2000. What has driven this growth?
The widespread adoption of Bt cotton in India illustrates why and how evasion of both bio-property and bio-safety regimes is pervasive globally, said Prof Ronald J. Herring, Cornell University.
If scientists are to be believed, millions of people across the world could soon be eating bread and biscuits made from -- cotton which is rich in protein.
Cotton seed is inedible as it contains a poisonous substance called gossypol.
Now, the scientists claim to have found a way to reduce the poison which can harm the liver and heart, the Daily Express reported.
Insecticide resistance management (IRM) strategy was devised and evaluated for the management of American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) in cotton in on-farm research in Bathinda and surrounding villages, Punjab state, in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 which is the main cotton area in the South-Western region of Punjab.
