The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has prepared the draft of the Agriculture Policy 2009-10 with the aim of ensuring food security and improving economic conditions of the rural population.

The main thrust of the policy is to increase agricultural growth rate by increasing the quantity and quality of agricultural production, promoting farm profitability/productivity and achieving competitiven

82 per cent Indian farmers want bio-fertilizers says study excessive use of synthetic fertilizers in India is reducing soil fertility and affecting food production, said a joint study by non-profit Greenpeace and West Bengal

Priyadarshi Siddhanta

Britain must find ways to grow more food while using less water, energy and fertilizers to help feed a growing world population and offset the effects of climate change on agriculture, the government said on Monday.

A senior minister said last year's sharp rise in the cost of food and oil and a severe drought in Australia showed the urgent need to develop a food security plan.

Pushpa M. Bhargava

Policies with regard to agriculture, education and health need to change in order to ensure a meaningful and wide-ranging security for this country.

Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday favoured a universal public distribution system but added that there could be a multiplicity of vehicles for delivery to have a wider reach and equitable supply of food grains to the needy.

Refuse To Buy Pawar Line of Wait-And-Watch As Met Office Gives More Bad News
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New Delhi: When increase in prices and fall in monsoon rainfall became the central concern for the entire Opposition to target UPA government in Parliament on Thursday, the weatherman provided more ominous news.

An integrated water policy for the Saarc region is imperative for equitable use of river water for agricultural development, said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday.