Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 30, 2015Healthcare, More Than Debt Relief, Could Minimize Farmer Suicides, says Brookings India Report By admin The link between indebtedness and farmer suicides is not as straightforward as the Maharashtra…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 29, 2015Bt Chickpea and Bt Pigeonpea Would be 'the Biggest Revolution' in Pulses: Icrisat's CLL Gowda By admin The pod borer is a ‘major problem’ which can destroy up to 60 percent of pigeonpea…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyGM CropsHybridsJuly 28, 2015Coordinated National Effort Can Double Pulses Production: CLL Gowda By admin CLL Gowda, just-retired Dy Director-General of Icrisat. Question: The lack of productivity-improving…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 24, 2015Smart Agriculture. Delivered By admin Since end of February, we have been at it, travelling across the country, talking to farmers so we…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 18, 2015State NoCs are Limiting Public Sector Advance in Genetic Engineering: IARI's Jt Director (Research) By admin The public sector has not withdrawn from genetic engineering. There is a restriction on testing and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 18, 2015Farmers Want GM Technology; They Will Prevail: M Mahadevappa By admin ‘Bt cotton did not come into the field because of policy makers or political leaders,’…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 18, 2015GM Tech Should be Applied, Not Placed on the Shelf: Sanjaya Rajaram By admin India has gone complacent about food security, says Sanjaya Rajaram, winner of the 2014 World Food…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 18, 2015GM Technology Supports Biodiversity: Tiger Conservationist Ullas Karanth By admin To me science is accumulation of knowledge. I find it very strange that GM is being criticized…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 18, 2015GM Technology Only Option for Some Rice Pests: IARI's Head of Genetics By admin There is no option other than GM technology to deal with stem borers that chew panicles and turn…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyRiceJuly 18, 2015CRRI Director Wants National Policy To Determine Eligibility of Regions to Grow Rice By admin The Central Rice Research Institute was set up at Cuttack in Orissa in 1946 after the Great Bengal…Read more 0 0 0 Share
