India needs to rethink its food production and research methods and also reassess the priorities in food, according to S Ayyapan, Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).....

The private companies engaged in producing genetically modified (GM) seeds, have to spend more on educating the people about the GM technology and making them aware of its finer significances rathe....

The results published in Nature Biotechnology shows that years of global research partnership has led to the identification of 48,680 pigeonpea genes compared to 47,004 protein coding genes identif....

A group of thirty-one scientists from India have achieved a break through in decoding the genome of pigeonpea, the second most important pulse crop of India. The pulses variety also known as 'arhar....

JSW-Time of India Earth Care Initiatives 2011 organized a meeting to provide sustainable and science-based solutions and pro-poor approaches to climate change adaptation in rain fed agriculture.....

India government has formed may plans to increase the cashew production of the country from the current 6.13 lakh tons to 15 lakh tons by 2013-14.....