Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 31, 2017How UP CM Yogi Adityanath Can Double Agricultural Growth, If Sectarian Agenda is Not Priority By admin The Uttar Pradesh government must modernize its municipal slaughterhouses which operate in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonBt technologyMarch 30, 2017How the RSS has Mauled Monsanto Despite its Cottonseed Technology Being Very Popular with Farmers By admin Tens of millions of dollars were within reach for M. Prabhakara Rao as he prepared in April 2015 to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonBt technologyMarch 29, 2017Setback for Monsanto as Delhi High Court Over-rules it on Trait Fees, Revokes Termination of its Franchisees' Licenses By admin In a setback to the US multinational Monsanto and its Indian associates, the Delhi High Court has…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 28, 2017UP's Drive Against Slaughterhouses is Hasty and Thoughtless By admin If the idea behind Uttar Pradesh’s drive against illegal slaughter of animals is to ensure health…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityMarch 26, 2017Organic Agriculture's Seductive Profits May be Elusive For Smallholder Indian Farmers By admin Reshma, a 22-year-old smallholder farmer outside Hyderabad, nourishes her farm with cow dung hoping…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 24, 2017Urbanization and Unhealthy Eating Tend to be Related, says IFPRI's 2017 Report By admin Urban people have access to a variety of food, many kinds of outlets to buy it from and greater…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 22, 2017Farmers' Protest At Jantar Mantar With A Macabre Display of Their Plight By admin A macabre protest by farmers from Tamil Nadu at Jantar Mantar, the officially-allotted site for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 21, 2017Nostalgia: With Farm Loan Write-Off Talk Rife, A Look At The Mother of Them All By admin Clean Slate is what the finance minister and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have termed the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingBt cottonMarch 20, 2017Government Approval for Blending Bt with Non-Bt Cottonseed Draws Mixed Reactions By admin The government’s approval for the mixing of cottonseed spiked with insecticidal proteins with…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 16, 2017Same Party Government in UP as at the Centre is an Opportunity for Cane Pricing Reform By admin The same party voted to rule Uttar Pradesh as the centre is an opportunity to fix the endemic…Read more 0 0 0 Share
