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`India should adopt sustainable ways of farming`

A top climate scientist today asked India to adopt sustainable ways of farming which is under pressu...

Indian man becomes `farming king` in Argentina

Simmarpal Singh`s company Olam, based in Singapore and run by people of Indian origin, is one of the...

`Plans for mechanisation of farming in 2012-17`

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Wednesday announced that the government plans to launch a mega pro...

‘All help to farmers adopting organic farming’

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said his government would provide all-possible help ...

Organic Farming in Bihar for green revolution

After good roads, improving law and order, education and health services, Bihar is turning its atten...

Andhra CM promises free power for farm sector till 2014

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday assured the farmers in the state free p...

Prince Charles criticises govt farm subsidies

Prince Charles is in Washington talking about environmentally friendly farming.

Bt cotton in India `good for the field, bad for the farm`

A new study noted that most Indian farmers have become unable to properly assess the Bt cotton seeds...

Organic farming in Bihar

Bihar govt has prepared an agricultural roadmap for promoting organic farming.

Saffron farming facing threat in J&K

Unplanned construction and industrial activities has shrunk the land under saffron cultivation in Ka...

World Food conference looks at subsistence farming

About 1 billion small farmers worldwide, many of them women, face drought, the effects of climate c...

Maha encourages organic farming, prepares policy draft

Concerned about side-effects of chemicals on farming lands, Maharashtra Government has taken an in...

EU commissioner vows action on bio farming

EU Agriculture Commissioner promised specific action for organic farming and direct selling.

Dalal Lama comes out against factory-style hen farming

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has come out against battery hen farming and appealed to p...

Hearing on farming charges in Satyam scam deferred

The hearing on framing of charges against ten accused in Satyam Computers multi-crore accounting sc...

Oakland approves marijuana farming ahead of California vote

The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical u...

Mayawati orders special drive to issue farming leases

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday directed Divisional Commissioners and District M...

Israel to work in Rajasthan on water, farming

Israel is planning to work in Rajasthan in cooperation with the local authorities on issues like w...

Farming reform needed to end hunger without obesity

Agriculture needs revolutionary change to confront threats such as global warming and end hunger in ...

Goa priest, model Tinu Verghis in contract farming project

Two persons from totally different streams have been instrumental in reviving barren paddy fields ...

Goa priest, ramp model in contract farming project

Two people from totally different streams have been instrumental in reviving the barren paddy fields...

For the tiger, a year closer to extinction

Next year, according to the Chinese calendar, is the Year of the Tiger but conservationists say the ...

Farming with mobile phones

For long, they have brought good news about friends and family, but now they will tell farmers when ...

Greenhouse farming answer to rampage by global warming

As warming of climate gathers alarming pace posing danger to agriculture, greenhouse cultivation is...

Vast farming projects eroding earth`s surface

Mammoth farming projects can erode the earth`s surface at rates comparable to those of the world`s l...

Formulate land leasing Act for contract farming: CII to Centre

Industry body CII has pitched for a model land leasing Act, which would authorise companies to und...

India aims to raise organic farming area by 2012

The area under organic farming is growing steadily and is likely to touch 20 lakh hectares by 2012, ...

UK minister walks out of Muslim wedding, triggers controversy

A minister in the Gordon Brown government has sparked a controversy as he and his wife walked out of...

Rains elude Uttar Pradesh again, farming hit further

After raising hopes of widespread rainfall in parts of Uttar Pradesh, the monsoon has once again dis...

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