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,
The Chinese government has pledged its fullest support to develop and restructure Sri Lanka's agricultural sector when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met the Chinese Agricultural Minister Du
Seeds experts in Inaruwa (Nepal) have pointed out the need for effective laws to check and take action against the illegal traders involved in the trade of substandard seeds from across the porous
The ambitious New Gurgaon project to expand the Millennium City has run into controversy with farmers and panchayats opposing the land acquisition over compensation. The New Gurgaon project is worth
Work on the the 5 km long stone wall which surrounds the Kaimuriya (Panna), village in Madhya Pradesh began last November, the result of one of the few poverty alleviation programmes that has
The Prevention of Cruelty to Cows Bill, 2003, proposed to be tabled during the current monsoon session of Parliament, seeks to impose a nation-wide ban on the slaughter of not just cows, but the
A Brazilian federal tribunal said it suspended a long-standing ban on the sale of Monsanto's genetically modified Roundup Ready soyabeans in the world's No 2 soya producer. The Federal Judge, Selene
Canada is prepared to dramatically increase the number of cattle it tests for mad cow disease to prove that a single sick animal found in May was an isolated case, a government official said.
Farmers' agitation against the hike in power tariff turned violent in Central and South Gujarat after the protesting farmers flouted prohibitory orders and confronted police. At least 1,000 farmers
The newly born districts of Seraikela Kharsawan came into being in 2001, six months after the creation of Jharkhand. The district is known for its famous Chhau dance and also the Aditya Industrial
Figures with the Indian council of Agricultural research (ICAR) indicate that pesticide use was down from about 60,000 metric tonnes of technical grade material in 1990 to about 43,000 metric tonnes
