All posts tagged "India"

For a long time the banana plantations in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj have relied on pesticides. Now, eco-friendly...

South Africa is presently experiencing one of the worst droughts in 45 years, with the lowest ever rainfall since 1904. In 2015, South Africa received only an average of 403 mm, which is merely 66% of the annual average rainfall. This matter has to be urgently addressed, with food sources under severe...

Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday inaugurated a major food and fruit processing plant at Nagri near Ranchi which is the lone plant of that magnitude in the region. Built at the cost of Rs 82.77 core, the plant would consume most of the green produces grown in the massive vegetable belt...

Maharashtra, one of the largest producers of mangoes in the country, has witnessed an over 50% drop in yield of the fruit since 2013-14. Growers have blamed climate change as the biggest cause for the drop in production in the state.  The first production estimates for 2016-17 showed that the yield may...

“The strain between the two countries, coupled with drought-like conditions in Maharashtra, had hit exports to Pakistan....

A 16-year-old Indian-origin South African teen has won a $50,000 scholarship, the grand prize at the annual...

VADODARA: After years of research, Godhra-based Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CHES) has developed a new variety of...

A fruit grower from India with no scientific background has developed a new variety of apple (APS) with...

What do we know about the food we eat? What if there was climate democracy? These and...

Swiss based AgroPress AG is currently looking for authors, journalists, writers and contributors for several of their magazines in India. As a...