BriefingApril 30, 2016Drought Gives Resonance To Kelkar Committee's 2013 Report on Marathwada By admin Shifting Marathwada’s sugarcane and horticulture crops to drip irrigation, extensive watershed…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingApril 21, 2016Latur's Peepli Live Moment Brings It Relief From the Agonizing Quest for Water By admin One realizes in Latur that drought is not an equalizer; it has a class bias. Poor people suffer the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 21, 2016RBI Lifts Lending Freeze on Punjab's Procurement Agencies, say Dailies By admin The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to offer the Punjab government a cash credit limit of Rs 17,523…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingApril 21, 2016China's Long-term Focus Necessary for Syngenta's Growth: CEO John Ramsay By admin The Swiss agrochemical and crop protection company, Syngenta, spurned merger with Monsanto and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityGM CropsApril 16, 2016Institute Advices 'Towards Organic' Agriculture for Food Bowl Areas; Silent on GM Crops By admin Since the government is engaged in a nationalist versus multinational battle on genetically-modified…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 13, 2016Cigarette Makers Cite Farmers' Distress, Increased Smuggling, Against Larger Pictorial Health Warnings By admin The cigarette industry is shooting from the shoulders of tobacco farmers. A half-page ad in the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingApril 11, 2016Cheap Crop Loans are Parked in Fixed Deposits, Re-lent at Higher Rates, Say Economists By admin In an article in the Indian Express, agricultural economist Ashok Gulati and researcher Prerna…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 11, 2016Maharashtra's Cereal Production to Decline by 40 Percent, IndiaSpend says By admin The production of cereals in Maharashtra is expected to decline by 41 percent to 1.05 lakh tonnes…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 7, 2016Slogans Will Not Double Farmers' Income by 2022, Strategy Must Match Intent By admin Between speakers ─ economist, socialist, communist and activist ─ there was agreement that there…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 2, 2016Fine Start to Soil Health Mission: 90 Percent of Sample Target Achieved, but Testing Lags By admin Quietly, beyond the glare of publicity, the agriculture ministry has nearly achieved the soil health…Read more 0 0 0 Share
