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,
Haryana has set a target to produce 94.01 lakh tonnes of foodgrains during Rabi 2003-204 as against production of 93.22 lakh tonnes during Rabi 2002-2003, according to the Chief Minister, Om Prakash
The National Environment Appellate Authority has dismissed an appeal by the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, challenging the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released funds of Rs 329.95 lakh for wastelands development to the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka during
The Puthimari Cooperative Wasteland Development project, which would cover an area of 6,000 hectares of wasteland of 59 villages under Kamalpur development block, of Assam, was launched recently at a
The government of Kerala has decided to exempt cashew farms from land ceiling under the Land Reforms Act. The cashew industry in the state had been demanding plantation status for cashew and its
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation's 2003 edition of the cotton contamination survey has revealed that the contamination level of all varieties in all countries evaluated has risen
It's a Catch-22 situation at the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka. While the Forest Department says that cattle grazing inside the forest is affecting wildlife in the Tiger Reserve, the economy of
This week, scientists and regulators of GM crops held forth on India's need for a robust regulatory apparatus for transgenic crops. They revisited the various "problem' areas pertaining to
Sugar cooperatives in Nashik district are grappling with an acute shortage of sugarcane brought on by insufficient rainfall for the third consecutive
The Governor, Lt. Gen. (Retd), S K Sinha has called upon agriculture scientists to evolve strategies for bringing improvement in livestock production and productivity enabling to meet the
