The movement has relied on the good will of farmers, many of whom have been lending land to poor landless farmers free of charge. To further help poor farmers, communal farmers associations have sent agricultural workers to provide training on cultivation and breeding to poor farmers and mobilised well-off households to lend seedlings and farming equipment to the poor. m farm which he says promises a bumper maize crop this year, farmer Si says with a cheerful smile: "The profit earned from...

The SBP quarterly report released here on Saturday said: There is a significant potential to further enhance yields, if growers emphasised on further improvement in soil management through laser-levelling technology, planting of certified seed, improvements in weed and pest control. The SBP quarterly report released here on Saturday said: There is a significant potential to further enhance yields, if growers emphasised on further improvement in soil management through laser-levelling...

Major rice producing countries, including Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, have been affected by natural disaster and they are unlikely to be ableto meet their export targets,Mr. There is a good opportunity for Thailand, a key rice producer, to increase its exports to between 8. Thailand now hasover five million tonnes of rice on hand, with a production of29 million tonnes of paddy rice, or 18. BANGKOK, May 12 (TNA) - Natural calamities affecting several major rice producing...

Research funding for specialty crops is among the dozens of proposals that will be considered in the legislation, which was last written in 2002 and gives farmers payments and other help to supplement their incomes, support crop prices and manage supplies. Mayer is among the many Michigan farmers who will be watching closely this year as Congress considers a federal farm bill, which sets farm policy for the next six years. Research funding for specialty crops is among the dozens of...

THIS year a considerable area of boro rice at different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh did not produce desired rice grain because of rice spikelet sterility (unfilled grain) It was reported in various daily newspapers (print media) as well as in private and public electronic media about the devastation due to unfilled rice grains (rice sterility) in boro rice crop of 2006-07 season at different agro-ecological locations of the country. It was reported in various daily newspapers...

But this agriculture gold rush carries many questions, not the least of which centers on demand. Still, some experts warn that the price has nowhere to go but down if the market is flooded, and not everyone has forgotten how prices wilted after a massive grain deal with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s and the 1996 drought in China shot corn prices to record highs. Still, some experts warn that the price has nowhere to go but down if the market is flooded, and not everyone has forgotten...