A long term plan for the protection of crops against civil unrest and drought is being drawn up by 12 African countries. Stocks of seeds will be stored by each country to fill up those of a

A transgenic sunflower seed not only comes with monetary gains for the farmer but also carries sundry agronomic benefits

Scientists are making gloomy predictions that rising temperatures shall jeopardise not just human health but our crops as well

FROM the humid green of the Amazon to the drier climes of the deep Congo, shifting agriculture has been practised down the ages by communities confronted with lush forests. Today, tropical forests

The days of the scarecrow are over. A team led by R K Bhatnagar at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute in Delhi have found that reflective ribbons, dubbed "dashes of fire" by ornithologists,

The removal of subsidies on phosphatic and potash fertilisers this year has led to an almost three-fold price increase and a sharp drop in their consumption, according to the annual review of the

PAKISTAN'S cotton crop will reach the target of 960 million kg despite the locust threat and reports of a virus attack, according to the country's central cotton committee. The final output,