Edible oil prices rise 15% in a monthCompanies like Adani Wilmar, Emami Agrotech, and Sunvin Group said while disruption in soyabean oil supplies from Argentina and Brazil is d...
11 Jun, 2024, 12.33 AM IST
India needs to curb illegal seed technology, strengthen IPR regime to boost farm investments, says Bayer CropScience COOMajor cotton producing countries like USA, Brazil and African countries are moving ahead of India with new technology, and competitiveness ...
21 Feb, 2020, 03.17 PM IST
India, Latin American nations have huge potential to boost trade ties: Commerce MinistryQuoting Commere and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu, it said there is a need for a multi-pronged strategy to enhance bilateral trade in mer...
28 Feb, 2019, 02.17 PM IST
Bayer to sell selected crop science biz to BASF for $7 billion"In light of the planned acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer has signed an agreement to sell selected Crop Science businesses to BASF for EUR 5....
13 Oct, 2017, 08.23 PM IST
6 places in the world we may never be allowed to visitFrom Brazil to the Vatican, from the Andamans to Atlanta, there are some places in the world the the common man may never be able to visit.
27 Aug, 2017, 07.41 AM IST
Government looking at Brazil to grow pulses, says Ram Vilas PaswanPaswan said Brazil’s President Michel Temer will also be visiting India and a MoU will be signed on cooperation in growing pulses in the So...
17 Sep, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
Hybrid seed makers to ramp up R&D spend on new hybridsThey also pin hopes on increasing investments by the government into the state-owned agricultural research institutes like ICAR to come up ...
17 Jun, 2016, 05.11 PM IST
Expectation of below-normal monsoon: Maharashtra government to promote non-BT cotton seedsWith last year's weak monsoon and the prospects of a below-normal one this year, the Maharashtra government plans to promote non-Bt cotton ...
02 Jun, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
Non-GM soybean in interest of farmers, environment: ExpertsIndia should continue with non-GMO (genetically modified) soybean in the larger interest of farmers and environment, experts said.
07 Nov, 2014, 07.01 PM IST
Monsanto sees opportunities in hybrid corn, vegetable seed marketThe company also feels that there is a possibility of Bt brinjal, which is grown in Bangladesh, illegally finding its way to West Bengal ow...
25 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
US start-up uses jatropha plant seeds for biofuelTouted as the next big thing in biofuels about six years ago, jatropha attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in investments, 'New York ...
26 Dec, 2013, 05.09 PM IST
- Promote liberalisation, but not price control: Hugh Grant, Chairman, Monsanto Company
Global food and agriculture system faces the daunting task of trying to feed a larger and more prosperous population by using the same or e...
19 Sep, 2011, 06.42 AM IST
Cooking oil companies on slippery groundCos face loss after mustard seed prices collapse on good harvest.
20 Feb, 2010, 01.54 AM IST
- Monsanto attempts new model to take on ‘free’ farming
The world’s largest seed and farm input company, Monsanto’s chairman in an interview tells why collaboration may be the best way to make su...
10 Dec, 2009, 04.31 AM IST
- Syngenta to take over 3 yrs to launch GM seeds in India
Switzerland-based agribusiness company Syngenta on Friday said it would take over three years to roll out Genetically Modified seeds for In...
29 Aug, 2008, 09.34 PM IST
- US firm to make diesel fuel from Brazilian sugarcane
A US biotech company is teaming up with Brazilian ethanol producers to turn sugarcane into diesel fuel in a joint venture that could churn ...
24 Apr, 2008, 06.12 AM IST
- Monsanto sees use of GM seeds rising in India
Gains in corn-seed share will continue through the end of the decade in Europe, South Africa, Argentina and India.
28 Sep, 2007, 02.54 AM IST