Your favourite jowar ki roti may soon carry genes from bacteria that live in the digestive tract. City scientists have successfully developed jowar (sorghum) varieties that are tolerant to drought and salinity. The sorghum varieties get these special properties thanks to a gene called mtlD, derived from Escherichia coli.

LUCKNOW: After an all time high wheat production in 2010-11, the state may witness record kharif production in the current season.

Pinpointing inadequate research as the main reason behind low wheat and rice productivity in India, global seeds major Monsanto has earmarked a grant of $10 million (about Rs 46 crore) for promotin

Thousands of tonnes of various types of substandard fertilisers were sold in Punjab - India’s food bowl - in recent years.

The Government will only be able to table the crucial Food Security Bill in the Winter Session of Parliament, the Food Minister, Mr K.V. Thomas, has said.

The Andhra Pradesh Government has finally responded to the protest by farmers in the coastal areas where they have announced crop holiday in about three lakh acres.

The Canadian Federal government has pledged several hundred million dollars as financial support to growers in Saskatchewan and other prairie regions affected by extremely wet weather conditions th

A House panel has called for lifting the ban on wheat and premium non-basmati rice exports at the earliest.

The Centre’s programme to bring about a green revolution in eastern India was allocated . 400.02 crore this year, down 8% from the previous year.

Ever More Revolutions
It is strange that the PM, who pioneered economic liberalisation, should look for ever greater production in a single industry — agriculture