Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services,
If it weren't killing them, people in Burkina Faso might get a good laugh at America's unprofitable cotton-growing obsession. But those American subsidies are killing the Burkinabe farmers, so the
Solan, the fruit bowl of Himachal, may soon fall empty. The signs are ominous: The area under fruit cultivation has fallen from 12,000 hectares six years ago to 6,400 this year. With no market
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has helped the Philippine national agricultural research and extension system to establish an open academy for
In a move to take the benefits of Information Technology to the doorsteps of farmers, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) today launched "Agri kiosks' with specific focus on
Nine heads of cattle have succumbed to a mysterious disease at Shirur village near Agumbe in Shimoga district in Karnataka over the last one month. Though the exact cause of the disease is yet to be
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a project to ensure optimal use of weather forecast by farmers of the region to help them raise their agricultural produces. ICAR launched
The Uttaranchal government today said it had decided set up up four agri-export zones for medicinal plants, litchi, basmati rice and floriculture and announced that it would set up a network of
Pink bollworm is emerging as a major pest in the cotton belt and the toxin in Bt Cotton is proving to be ineffective against it. This is posing a serious challenge to the cotton scientists and their
Madhya Pradesh has registered only a nominal increase in soya rains till July of this year. Soyabean Processor Association of India (SOPA), which collects data on soya cultivation, said farmers hd
Dung and urine of thousands of stray cattle in the Capital, which pose a major problem to the civic bodies in New Delhi might soon become an export item and bring in some precious dollar for the
