Agriculture bulwark of JK State’s economy: Omar
Srinagar, September 26 (Scoop News) - Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday equated agriculture development with prosperity adding that use of high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties have...
View ArticleCorporate stranglehold of farmland a risk to world food security, study says
Small farmers are being squeezed out as mega-farms and plantations gobble up their land ...
View ArticleEighteen Million Farmers in 27 Countries Chose Biotech Crops in 2013, Global...
Inaugural plantings of biotech drought-tolerant maize in U.S.; further developments in drought-tolerance technology across the world BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - The International Service for the...
View ArticleNew regional board office to give spice sector a boost
PANAJI: Goa's fledgling spice sector will receive a boost, as a new regional office of spice board will start functioning shortly to promote better production and marketing of spices in the state....
View ArticleTapping Afghanistan's crop diversity to feed the world
Fruit vendors pulling carts loaded with brightly colored fresh fruits deftly weave between cars on Kabul's traffic-clogged streets. Wooden stands covered in blue tarpaulin display huge mounds of...
View ArticleEven as Japan baulks at trade concessions, farmers move on
CHIBA CITY, Japan, March 6 (Reuters) - When it comes to trade policy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a choice between the fears of Japan's ageing farm lobby and the hopes of suburban families lined up...
View ArticleNew White House Rural Council Report Highlights the Economic Importance of...
(Source: USDA - United States Department of Agriculture) You can view the full report . In June of 2010, the Obama Administration began providing input to Congress regarding the prospective features...
View ArticleNew report from AGRA also finds increased access to fertilizers helping up to...
(Source: AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) Ambitious Effort to Confront Africa's Soil Health Crisis Helping Millions of Farmers Double and Triple Crop Yields New report from AGRA also...
View ArticleHow Africa can feed the world
by Calestous Juma OTTAWA, June 4, 2013 /CNW/ - Neglect of agriculture has been a defining feature of Africa's economic policy over the last four decades. The future is more promising. Today Africa has...
View ArticleOrganic farming gains ground
IN SULTAN Mastura, Maguindanao, most farmers are now growing rice organically. More farmers are following suit as they have seen the sweet harvest of those who went ahead of them and practiced what was...
View Article‘Land Grabbing’ Could Help Feed at Least 300 Million People, Study Suggests...
(Source: University of Virginia) Crops grown on "land-grabbed" areas in developing countries could have the potential to feed an extra 100 million people worldwide, a joint study involving the...
View ArticleAgriculture must accelerate transformation and innovation: premier (Executive...
(Source: Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan)) Agriculture must accelerate transformation and innovation: premier Date: 2015-01-15 Data Source: Department of Information Services,...
View ArticleEighteen Million Farmers in 27 Countries Chose Biotech Crops in 2013, Global...
Inaugural plantings of biotech drought-tolerant maize in U.S.; further developments in drought-tolerance technology across the world BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Service for...
View ArticleAmerican Farmland Trust Report Highlights New Funding Opportunities to Help...
(Source: Timothy Bishop) American Farmland Trust Report Highlights New Funding Opportunities to Help Long Island Farmers Protect Clean Water 04/25/14 American Farmland Trust today released a new report...
View ArticleFeed the Future Helps Farmers in Tajikistan with Grants, Bank Loans (ACDI/VOCA)
(Source: ACDI/VOCA) Through USAID Project, Tajik Farmers Access Modern Farm Machinery Increasing farm productivity is essential to both strengthening food security and increasing smallholders' incomes....
View ArticleAmerican Farmland Trust Report Highlights New Funding Opportunities to Help...
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y., April 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American Farmland Trust today released a new report to help Long Island communities and farmers pursue new conservation funding options made...
View ArticleGreen Technology: Feeding the population without killing the planet
An increasing population has always meant that at some point access to food would be restricted. Tina Carmillia discusses how technology may have not always been the smartest choice, but in hindsight...
View ArticleUnless we put an end to baseless fear of GM crops, we will not be able to...
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet The parliamentary committee report on genetically modified (GM) organisms is an attempt to give a quiet burial to biotechnology in India. On behalf of the farmers of India, let...
View ArticleGM technology the key
The editorial, “GM lessons” (Business Line, October 31) succintly captures the ongoing debate on the future of agriculture biotechnology in the country. The Bt cotton story is all too well known....
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