Pesticides are posing a serious threat to human health and the

Cotton, grown on just five per cent of Indian agricultural land, consumes more than 50 per cent of the total pesticides used in India. Cotton gowers rely heavily on pesticides to control insects,

punjab farmers are protesting against a World Trade Organisation (wto) agreement that will come into force from April 1, 2001. According to the agreement, as many as 1,429 items from other

the biotech industry in the us is receiving brickbats from all directions. Some key grain processors, such as A E Staley Manufacturing, which is the us corn processing unit of

Benefits from upstream irrigation projects cannot replace those derived from natural floodplains

An unusual drought threatens agriculture in the Kashmir valley

a union of Belgian farmers has expres

Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP

Natural farming is the only hope in sight, says a farmer from Hoshangabad

The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America s rainforests

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