Agriculture PolicyBriefingRiceNovember 20, 2015Direct Wet Seeded Rice Scores Over Transplanting: Is 'Truly Sustainable Intensification,' Says IIRR and BASF Study By admin Growing rice with direct wet seeding method is more productive, yields more profits, is less water…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingBt technologyGM CropsHybridsNovember 20, 2015GM Mustard: GEAC Must Stop Being Secretive, Let It All Hang Out By admin Activist Vandana Shiva, an opponent of plant genetic modification (GM) technology is soliciting…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 18, 2015India, Like Israel, Must Link Small Farmers with Labs and Markets for High-Value Agriculture By admin ‘If you do not adopt a technology with full-fledged package of practices this will become a…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingGM CropsHybridsNovember 16, 2015Vandana Shiva Seeks Support on Change.org to Oppose GM Mustard; Invokes the Fear Factor By admin Vandana Shiva, the activist vehemently opposed to genetic modification technology has launched a…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 12, 2015With 'Agvisory' Services, a Multinational is Going Beyond Seed Technology to Providing Solutions By admin It is mid-morning. Lalan’s tomato crop has been afflicted by early blight. The farmer from Madhya…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 6, 2015Opinion: Use Carbon Credits to Stop Farmers From Burning Straw in Fields By admin India generates about 500 to 650 million tonnes of crop waste every year. Rice and wheat contribute…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingGM CropsNovember 5, 2015GM Pulses Can Relieve Shortage But Policy Support Missing, Says Research Institute Director By admin Narendra Pratap Singh, Director, IIPR, Kanpur. Photo by Vivian Fernandes In an article in the Indian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 4, 2015Opinion: Indian Agricultural Economists are Getting as Scarce as Monsoon Rain By admin There are hundreds of economists in India specializing in monetary and fiscal policy, investment and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 3, 2015Delhi Would Breathe Easy if Punjab Farmers Did Not Burn Rice Straw By admin Punjab’s farmers would not be burning paddy straw as they prepare fields for wheat sowing in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonCottonGM CropsNovember 2, 2015NBRI Says Crafted Whitefly-resistant Transgenic Cotton; Potency Needs Testing in Natural Conditions By admin The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has developed genetically modified cotton resistant…Read more 0 0 0 Share
