Food prices will soar by as much as 30 per cent over the next 10 years, the United Nations and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have predicted.

Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the OECD, said that any further increase in global food prices, which have risen by 40 per cent over the past year, will have a

The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to grant special permission for killing wild boars that destroyed crops.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told journalists after the Cabinet meeting that farmers would be allowed to kill wild boars attacking their crops subject to stringent conditions.

Permission for this would have to be obtained from forest officials and the permits would carry clear stipu

COIMBATORE: To encourage commercial floriculture, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University P.

Turn system will be introduced in case of failure of monsoon or slump in storage: Collector
THENI: Water was released from Periyar dam for irrigation of first crop in the double cropping area in Cumbum Valley and from Vaigai dam for irrigation of lands in Madurai and Dindigul districts on Tuesday.

While Finance Minister O.

ERODE: Fifteen peacocks were found dead on an agriculture field near Perundurai in Erode district on Monday.

Conservator of Forests, Erode Circle, D. Arun, said an inquiry had been ordered following a suspicion of poisoning. People in Pattakaranpalayam village found the carcasses of the birds lying scattered on a field located near water carrying channel and alerted the revenue official.

Wheat production in India, the second-biggest grower, may advance 6.4 percent to a record for a fourth year after favorable weather and high prices boosted planting, a government official said. Output may climb to 86 million metric tons in the year ending June 30 compared with 80.8 million tons the year earlier, P.K. Basu, Agriculture Secretary, said in an interview on Monday in New Delhi.

12 June, 2011 - Crop damage by wild elephants have become more rampant in several villages in Sibsoo ever since a 14 year-old boy in Hangay village died after being attacked by one.

12 June, 2011 - Crop damage by wild elephants have become more rampant in several villages in Sibsoo ever since a 14 year-old boy in Hangay village died after being attacked by one.

12 June, 2011 - Crop damage by wild elephants have become more rampant in several villages in Sibsoo ever since a 14 year-old boy in Hangay village died after being attacked by one.

Climate change will cause more droughts and reduce food production, the United Nations