The U.S. government will make its first in-depth survey of organic farming this spring, an eight-page questionnaire on which crops and livestock are produced, how they are grown and where they are sold.

Work has begun on the Organic Farming, a cultivation project in the country envisaging without the usage of Chemical fertiliser and pesticides. The National Agriculture Research Council has started a pilot project, where wheat has been sown on 600 acres of land, vegetables on 60 acres and watermelon on 55 acres.

Nagpur: After ten long years of research punctuated with technical delays, the Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) in Nagpur is ready with 20,000 packets of desi Bt cotton seeds for distribution to farmers starting next month.

Work has begun on the Organic Farming, a cultivation project in the country envisaging without the usage of Chemical fertiliser and pesticides. The National Agriculture Research Council has started a pilot project, where wheat has been sown on 600 acres of land, vegetables on 60 acres and watermelon on 55 acres.

Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Kashmir, Anwar Alam has urged the scientific community to put in strenuous efforts to address emerging challenges in agriculture and allied sectors.

Cereals production could fall by 50 percent in parts of southern Africa in the long term due to climate change, causing increased hunger and poverty, a researcher told an agriculture conference on Wednesday.

South Africa is the largest carbon emitter on the continent, mainly due to its reliance on coal to produce most of its electricity.

Germany will ban cultivation and sale of genetically modified (GMO) maize despite European Union rulings that the biotech grain is safe, its government said on Tuesday.

The ban affects US biotech company Monsanto's MON 810 maize which may no longer be sown for this summer's harvest, German Agriculture and Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner told a news conference.

The loss of organic matter is major concern for Pakistans croplands, as the organic matter plays an important role in the physical structure of soils and, more importantly, is a medium for biological processes.

BHUBANESWAR: As part of its efforts to stop the entry of genetically modified (GM)

There is a shift towards limiting and eliminating chemically-cultivated cotton

KARUR: A global movement on the use of organic cotton-based products was evolving rapidly and exporters must take note of the development to stay ahead of competitors, speakers stressed at a workshop on