Farmers in 14 villages across the State will soon be equipped with hi- tech and precision farming methods to boost the production of banana and vegetables.

The Bio-safety Core Committee may give approval for introduction of genetically modified brinjal, known as Bt brinjal, in the country on Monday.

A total of two thousand six hundred fifty (2650) hectares land of standing Aman crops and three hundred hectares of vegetables worth about Tk 25 million were damaged following an incessant and heav

Continuous rainfall and obstruction of road networks have destroyed cauliflower worth Rs. 10 million in Sailungeshore Village Development of Dolakha district.

The fifth phase of Sri Lanka's domestic agriculture program "Divi Neguma" will commence on October 11, the Ministry of Economic Development announced.

Researchers at India’s premier agricultural institute have found the Goan climatic condition suitable for the farming of sweet corn, the cash crop that is in good demand.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) senior horticulture scientists Dr K Ramachandrudu and Dr M Thangam culminating their two-year long research have come out with this encouraging finding for the farmers who want to go for alternate cropping.

A staggering 80% of Lucknowites in their early 40s face high risk of developing heart disease against the national average of 70%, according to a study conducted in 12 cities over a period of three

Government school children in the State, in class one to nine, will soon have an addition to their mid-day meal plate on Saturdays, a boiled egg or a banana.

The Saffolalife Study 2013, India’s largest study on risk factors precipitating heart disease, found that more than 70% of 1.86 lakh urban Indian respondents are at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has developed some varieties of brinjal, resistant to the insect causing damage to the crop, said a press realease.

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