The Hindu News Update Service. to introduce weather-based crop insurance scheme New Delhi, April 16 (PTI): Confronted with incidents of farmer suicides due to drought and other factors, government will soon introduce a comprehensive weather-based crop specific insurance scheme in Maharashtra and a few other states. to introduce weather-based crop insurance scheme New Delhi, April 16 (PTI): Confronted with incidents of farmer suicides due to drought and other factors, government will soon...

Prof Tester said he understood opposition to GM crops because the public could not see any benefit, but technological improvements would produce better crops for the future with less stress on the environment. AUSTRALIANS will have to accept genetically modified (GM) food if the agriculture industry is to continue in an era of climate change, a plant genetics expert says. Prof Tester said a current study was focusing on improving the "toughness" genes of plants so they could survive in...

GAO released a new report on crop insurance Thursday, crediting RMA with taking steps to improve the program, but also saying more work needs to be done. GAO recommends that Congress use the next farm bill to grant RMA authority to periodically renegotiate terms with companies in order to provide reasonable cost allowances and underwriting gains. GAO Report Calls for Continued Improvement of Crop Insurance Compiled By Staff. A 2005 Government Accountability Office report said that the USDA...

The continuing rapid adoption of GM crops reflects the substantial improvements in productivity, the environment, economics, health and social benefits, realised by both large and small farmers, consumers, and society in both industrial and developing countries. The continuing rapid adoption of GM crops reflects the substantial improvements in productivity, the environment, economics, health and social benefits, realised by both large and small farmers, consumers, and society in both...

We have seen a host of proposals to dramatically change the current three-legged stool that is our basic farm program and we must tread carefully so as not to inadvertently harm the ability to provide adequate risk management tools that are available through crop insurance. We have seen a host of proposals to dramatically change the current three-legged stool that is our basic farm program and we must tread carefully so as not to inadvertently harm the ability to provide adequate risk...