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India lost about 5,550 sq km of forest cover in the last two years. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh were the worst hit

Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, Chennai, has launched a high yielding rice variety, called

Cotton crop in general is highly susceptible to a number of pests and diseases. The farmer's problem is further aggravated by the intensive cultivation of the crop with large amounts of

people in the city of Townsville, on Australia's eastern coast, are facing tough times. First, the city was deva

The Supreme Court stays the auction of toxic wastes

The menace of pesticide resistant varieties can be effectively managed with the help of neem based pesticides

Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems

a report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (fao) shows that 31 countries faced food emergencies during 1997 as against 25 countries in 1996. The report blames bad weather, poor crops and

The medicinal neem tree is under attack from an hitherto unknown fungus

No longer a dream, seedless apples are ready to invade the US markets