The agriculture scientists of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have developed a Basmati rice variety (HUBR 10-9), which recorded 60% higher yield than TarawadiBasmati, 20% higher than PusaBasmati and

A new type of high-yielding breed of Aman rice has been unveiled in Bangladesh.

NewDelhi:The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the food security bill, barely eight months ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election amid a fierce competition between Congress and the opposition to daub themse

A technical committee appointed by the Supreme Court (SC) has recommended an indefinite moratorium on open field trials of genetically-modified (GM) crops till the deficiencies in the regulatory an

A Supreme Court-appointed committee is learnt to have recommended a moratorium on field trials for Bt in food crops in the country, contending that there was no definitive information about their l

Ram Kumar, 36, a construction worker from Bihar's Madhubani district, does not have a ration card although he falls below the poverty line.

The state has outsmarted Haryana and now stands third after Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in per hectare yield.

A study found high concentrations of cadmium in rice samples from 12 upazilas.

An agricultural dragnet has found no cases of unapproved genetically engineered wheat outside of a 123-acre field in Oregon after two months of an ongoing investigation, the U.S.