New Delhi The government has allowed the import of seeds of new varieties of wheat and paddy for trial and evaluation purposes, Parliament was informed on Friday.

In July, the agriculture ministry had revised the New Policy on Seeds Development of 1988 to allow the import of a specific quantity of seeds of both wheat and paddy, initially for the purpose of trial and evaluation.

State Bank of India commits investment of Rs 40,000 crore to fund projects

The State’s maiden international investment meet, exclusively for agriculture sector, on Thursday attracted proposals of over Rs 53,000 crore by 31 players in agri-business projects amid protests by farmers against private investment in farm and allied sectors.

To handle problems of alternating natural cycles such as rain, drought

Karnal: “There is absolutely no evidence that pesticides are responsible for cancer in India, especially in the Malwa region of Punjab, Director-General, ICMR, and Secretary, Department of Health R

IMPHAL, Nov 13 – Manipur’s scented black rice, popularly known as Chakhao in local tongue, has similar food value and taste with Japanese variety rice which is being sold at Rs 400 per kilogram in

BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has set its sights on Orissa to make it a hub of groundnut production.

With an aim to bring about the second green revolution through adoption of effective scientific agricultural methods, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under Agriculture Ministry h

Agricultural universities across the country are trying to study the impact of radiation from mobile phone towers on honeybees.

In a major achievement that may help boost country’s efforts at breaking new grounds in improving yield of pulses, a major source of protein in the Indian diet, a group of scientists from across di

Enzyme Assisted Aqueous Extraction (EAAE) sounds a mouthful.