Today's Links

1. Organic food not healthier, study finds
CNN International - USA
... Agriculture Organization estimates that organic farming now accounts for around 4.1 million hectares in Asian countries like India, China and Russia. ...

2. India - More bad news for cotton
YarnsandFibers (subscription) - Mumbai,India
The US Department of Agriculture, in a recent report, said planted acreage has declined from 10.8 million acres in 2007 to 9.2 million this year. ...

3. How research in agriculture has helped India to develop
IPPmedia - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
The growth of agriculture on scientific lines in real terms, started in India only after independence. The first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ...

4. India's Kharif crop acreage falls except rice, soya
Commodity Online - Kochi,Kerala,India
According to Ministry of Agriculture total area covered under coarse cereals so far this year at 171.1 lakh hectares (lh), which is below last year’s ...

5. World Bank suggests limits on disputed WTO farm safeguard
AFP -
"President Lula of Brazil has called on the parties not to let the WTO negotiations fail because of differences over a special safeguard for agriculture. ...