The DAP fertilizer price will be reduced by Rs23 per bag within a couple of days, says Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, Pakistan Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock. "The government has cut GST
Contrary to official claims, the farmer bodies in Pakistan claimed that heavy pest attack, dearth of pesticides and availability of spurious drugs had hit them hard. "The country may miss the target
The Gujarat State government has for the first time decided to encourage contract farming on the lines of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu as it feels such arrangement will ensure consistent supply of
The Centre has urged the States to prepare an Action Plan to double food production by 2012 as announced by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, on the Independence Day. Food production last
The Punjab (Pakistan) expects eight per cent water shortage in the Rabi season, as against 30 to 35 per cent during the last two years. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has indicated a
There is hope for those tea exporters whose consignments were returned from Europe recently as there were apprehensions that the produce was laced with high levels of pesticides. Scientists are now
Ginger, known for its medicinal values, is threatening to enter the sick list of produce for farmers in Himachal Pradesh. This prized spice, which transformed many a small farmer into a millionaire
The European Union's food safety chief said the 15-nation bloc could begin to lift its five-year de facto ban on most genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before the end of the year. EU Health and
Where the jungle once offered shelter to parrots and deer, the land is now increasingly being cleared for soybeans, Brazil's hottest cash crop. Today soybeans are eating up larger and larger chunks
Hundreds of farmers have committed suicide in recent years in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana. Why did the cotton farmers of Andhra Pradesh and other states kill
A two day symposium on "Potato research towards national food and nutritional security," which concluded, underlined the need to promote potato as a main food crop. While the area under potato over
A meeting of the variety evaluation committee (VEC) was held at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) for approval of wheat varieties developed in the NWFP and Sindh (Pakistan). Two
Thanks to the bountiful monsoons, Rajasthan is due to have a bumper crop of bajra this year. But that does not mean the farmer will be better off. The price of bajra in the market is likely to
The agricultural ministry said that the necessary amendments to the Sugar (Cess) Act, 1982 would be effected in consultation with the ministry of law and justice. The countervailing duty on sugar
The European Union and the US must offer fresh concessions to developing countries on farm trade if the stalled round of world trade talks is to be revived, a senior World Bank official has warned.
A hydroponics green house is to be set up in the Mendhoo, Laamu atoll, (Maldives) island's Agriculture Center. The Agriculture Ministry said the Ministry decided to set up a green house in the
The Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) celebrated the CSIR Foundation in Jammu. In this connection a function was organised in which Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, Prof. Amitabh Mattoo was the
Widespread theft of vanilla vines and beans is being witnessed in the growing regions following a sharp rise its prices. From a new vanilla plantation of the Synthite Industrial Chemicals near
The Union Agriculture Ministry and FAO have entered into a projecrt collaboration agreement for carrying out improvements in apple
It is only a modest exaggeration to say that as goes agriculture, so goes the planet. Of all the human activities that shape the environment, agriculture is the single most important, and it is well
