The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which is a research organization guided and funded by two UN agencies, suggests that Bangladesh is likely to be one of the hardest-hit countries in respect of its agriculture due to the global climate change. Research in agriculture has, however, assumed a worrisome dimension with climatic changes due to global warming. Higher productivity can meet the ever-increasing demands for agro-products in view of the growing population of the country.

So most agriculture operations there which began nearly a century ago after the Texas prison system acquired 5,435 acres from Imperial Sugar stopped five years ago, she said. That is how the modern farmer gains access to a patchwork of different properties on which he plants his crops, county agriculture extension agents say. Yet the agriculture industry is being tantalized by new crops that could prevent some farmers from being uprooted from their land. So farmers lease acreage from big...

One in every five heart attacks happen to middle-aged patients and the researchers suggest that if direct relatives were screened for their risk for heart disease 42% of premature heart attacks could be prevented. The researchers from the University of Glasgow believe that if key signs for risks such as high blood pressure and cholesterol in family members were identified and treated many premature heart attacks would be prevented. Past research has indicated in many illnesses hereditary...

Whatever be the allergies some quarters entertain as regards privatisation - certainly the resultant benefits of such innovation cannot be overlooked - an exemplary case in hand being the telecommunication services - a once ailing colossus now turned productive giant. Whatever be the allergies some quarters entertain as regards privatisation - certainly the resultant benefits of such innovation cannot be overlooked - an exemplary case in hand being the telecommunication services - a once...

Strict rules hit Indian commodity derivatives September 8, 2007 By Anshuman Daga MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - India's commodity derivatives industry is suffering from rules which limit participation of banks and funds and allow only futures trading, the head of the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange said. Strict rules hit Indian commodity derivatives September 8, 2007 By Anshuman Daga MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - India's commodity derivatives industry is suffering from...