Cow's urine reins in white flies in cotton
Cow's urine sprayed just once a week drives away the deadly white flies responsible for heavy damage to cotton, according to a report in Natural Product Radiance, a journal published by the Council
Cow's urine sprayed just once a week drives away the deadly white flies responsible for heavy damage to cotton, according to a report in Natural Product Radiance, a journal published by the Council
As many as 3,220 agriculture officers, doctors, farmers, field assistants and pesticide dealers will be imparted training in safe use of pesticides. In a statement issued, the EDO, agriculture, and
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, scientists have achieved a break-through in developing an
Rasi Seeds (P) Ltd, a seed supplier from Tamil Nadu, is expected to come out with five of its own hybrid Bt cotton seeds. Field trials, according to company sources, were conducted in co-ordination
The Maharashtra state has adopted organic farming as one of the seven main pillars of its plans for agriculture in the future. Under the Krishi Saptak plan, the state has set aside 1 lakh hectares as
Uttaranchal is on the edge of a high tech rice revolution, with the fabled Dehradun Basmati, the main focus of the imminent change, which is all set to get a kick start in the global market.
The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Virbhadra Singh said that the Government would give priority to creating irrigational facilities in such areas where there was scope for diversification so
Twenty-six cows died at Deesa Taluka of Banaskantha district in northern Gujarat after they consumed "fermented green fodder," reports from district headquarters
The Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) at the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) here has commenced operations with the first meeting of its governing body members. ABI
When Lee French and his wife, Joann, started their research business, neighbors worried the operation would bring doom to agriculture in southwest Minnesota. The couple specializes in insects that
Russian farm minister Alexei Gordeyev said this week he hoped a long-running dispute with the United States over poultry trade would be finally settled by American producers adopting Russian safety
The Brazilian government decree ordering labels to be put on all genetically modified foods drew criticism from both sides of the GM debate who said the decree was either confusing or insufficient.
Australia's largest farmers' group yesterday passed a resolution supporting a three-year trial of genetically modified (GM) canola. The New South Wales Farmers Association executive council meeting
A survey conducted by the Market Research Department of the Textile Committee shows that cotton gining and pressing industries, needed as backbone in the post harvesting action of raw cotton, are
The Supreme Court directed the Centre to double the allocation of cash and grain to states during summer under the Prime Minister's Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana project. The annual allocation was
In the wake of recent denial of commercially approval to two genetically modified (GM) crops by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), there is a case for drastically modifying the
In a major order to provide food to the poor and destitute during summer, the Supreme Court today ordered the Centre to release to states double their quota of grains and cash under the Prime
The Department of Biotechnology and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research have set up a national containment-cum-quarantine facility for testing transgenic planting material to be imported for
Heavy hailstorms just days before harvest have affected the wheat crop in Nandpur Kesho of Patiala district of Punjab, amounting to around a million tonne grain with at least one-third of the crop
To benefit the farming community, Himachal Pradesh government has amended the land revenue laws, which were based on the Punjab Land Revenue Act. The procedure of "Record of Rights", simplification