The dept of horticulture has produced about 1.6 mn microbes that feed on pests

The disease engulfs paddy in 5,000 hectares; if not controlled, yield could come down by 60 pc
Paddy growers in the district are in distress as bacterial blight disease has afflicted the crop grown in about 5,000 hectares.

DuPont said the Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new use for an insecticide trait for corn seeds that will fight above-ground pests only.

Itanagar: Orange farmers in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh are spending sleepless nights following death of pre-mature trees in large area of plantations after being attacked by pests.

As of July 15, one more country was declared free of the guinea worm: Sudan.

But it was a hollow victory. That was the date Sudan split in two and South Sudan became the world

Nestle on Wednesday ramped up its distribution of disease-resistant cocoa trees to farmers in Ivory Coast, part of a plan to boost productivity per hectare and improve the notoriously poor quality of the top grower's cocoa beans.

The world's biggest food maker, which has distributed some 140,000 saplings since 2009, said it will hand out 600,000 saplings by the end of the month and a further on

New Delhi THE rising sale of spurious pesticides in the country is resulting in crop damage, top agricultural scientists said on Wednesday.

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The rain has upset traditional farming cycle

Onset of plant diseases and pest attacks feared

Minister gives directions to revive farming

KOLLAM: Off-season rain continuing through November into December has badly hit the ambitious food security programme of the State government.