The Minimum Support Price (MSP) committee is expected to recommend that futures trading for agri-commodities should not be allowed below th...

The 'Millets And Other Ancient GRains International ReSearcH Initiative (MAHARISHI)' is also proposed for deliberations as a G20 initiative...

India imports around 60 per cent of its domestic edible requirements. Pulses too are imported, although in a small quantity.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid foundation stone of College of Agroforestry & Biodiversity and Bengal Florican Conservation, Resear...

Richard J Roberts, the 1993 Nobel laureate for Medicines, has had meetings with Pope and Buddhist groups to convince them to endorse the sa...

Singh was to take flight tomorrow morning to attend the meeting of the BRICS agriculture cooperative group.

This price recommendation was first made in 2006 by the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) headed by the eminent agricultural scientist M...

Punjab being one of the highest potato producing states, its farmers can considerably add to their income through this crop, they said.

ICAR said that from last few years scientists have been developing seeds that are drought and climate resilient to meet these challenges.

The government's agri-research body Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has already initiated a pilot project in 20 rural distric...

"In a recent cabinet meeting, all ministries have been told to start the necessary work in advance for the next Budget," Agriculture Minist...

The govt is considering large-scale use of radiation technology developed by BARC for improving the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables, es...

Opposing the GM (Genetically Modified) crop technology would take the country on a wrong path, Biocon Chairman and Managing Director Kiran ...

Efforts should be made for greater coordination among universities besides creating a corpus of scientists to share expertise for enhancing...

The scientist and biotech cos also hailed the recent statement by Prime Minister about the potential of genetic engineering

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today asked corporates to tap the vast opportunities available in the agriculture sector, especially in r...

New Zealand investigates into Chinese garment imports after children's clothes found to contain formaldehyde.