Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonGM CropsVoices From The FieldJune 28, 2015For Some in Vidarbha Growing Cotton is a Political Act By admin Cotton growing is an act of political expression in Vidarbha. It is dry and rain dependent but…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyGM CropsJune 27, 2015If Ford is Acceptable Why Not Monsanto? Asks IARI Research Head By admin Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to lay the foundation stone for Indian Agricultural Research…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt cottonCottonGM CropsJune 23, 2015The Choice of Bt Brands is Bewildering: K R Kranthi By admin K R Kranthi I recall you saying elsewhere there are too many Bt cotton hybrids: One thousand six…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt cottonHybridsJune 22, 2015CICR Prefers High Density Planting of Varieties to Bt Hybrids By admin Of eighty cotton producing countries, India is the only one to grow hybrids and it has gone…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt cottonGM CropsJune 16, 2015CICR to Develop Varieties for Dry Vidarbha Using New Bt Event By admin The University of Delhi has developed a new Bt cotton event with high expression of the Bt gene and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM CropsJune 16, 2015UK House Panel Faults EU's Regulatory Regime for GMOs By admin To meet the huge challenge of feeding a burgeoning global population, using fewer resources, in what…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Voices From The FieldJune 14, 2015What do Farmers Say About Insurance? By admin Sandipan Suman at a neighbour’s house in Nayanagar. Sandipan Suman, 47, of village Nayanagar…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM CropsInsuranceJune 13, 2015Farmers Must Become Insurance-Aware: Mathura Collector By admin On the third of April, Mathura was hit by hailstorms. The rain that followed added to the woes of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
InsuranceJune 13, 2015Like the Bikini, India's Crop Insurance Leaves out More Than it Covers By admin After hailstorms and rains earlier this year damaged the wheat crop in most parts of India, there…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyHybridsJune 7, 2015Grow Rice As If It's Wheat, Rice Scientist tells Bihar's Farmers By admin The weather has been acting up over the past few years with monsoons tending to be scanty and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
