HybridsMaizeMay 29, 2015Private Seed Companies Must Switch to Quality Protein Maize Hybrids By admin Quality Protein Maize was developed by an Indian, Sudhir Vasal, along with Evangelina Villagas in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
InsuranceMay 21, 2015'Calamity Compensation is Preferable Till Crop Insurance is Refined' By admin Question: Agricultural insurance does not seem be helping farmers. Ramesh Chand: Insurance does…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMay 20, 2015It's Not a Fad; It's the Fastest Spreading Ag Technology in Madhya Pradesh By admin Conservation agriculture is based on three principles. (a) Zero or minimal tillage, as ploughing…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMay 9, 2015Give Up Earth-moving Agriculture, Borlaug Institute Tells Punjab, the Land of the Tractor By admin At the 500-acre campus of the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), just a little distance from…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Contract farmingMay 6, 2015Agribusiness Models of Shared Prosperity can Mitigate Rural Distress By admin If Jalgaon district were a state it would rank fifth in the country in banana production thanks to a…Read more 0 0 0 Share
InsuranceMay 4, 2015The Perils of India’s Crop Insurance By admin India has been offering crop insurance schemes since 1972 In all cases, the claims have been much…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM CropsMay 4, 2015Do Not Let Greens Win The Anti-GM Battle: Mark Lynas in NYT By admin ‘In a rational world, Mr. Rahman would be receiving support from all sides. He is improving the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Voices From The FieldMay 2, 2015From Studying Code to Cultivating Clones By admin When Avinash Nathu Patil, 32, failed to land a job despite three years of search after completing…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Voices From The FieldMay 2, 2015Banana Power: From Tea Seller to Tenu Seth By admin ‘I had nothing. I was selling tea in the open field,’ says Tenu Dongar Borole, 61, a banana…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Voices From The FieldMay 1, 2015'Small Farmers Must Quit if They Cannot Hold On' By admin There is a serenity about Pawanjot Singh, 49, which gels with the lush maize fields around his off…Read more 0 0 0 Share
