Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 27, 2020Consumers Bought Premium Products During Lockdown; It was like Pani-Puri with Bisleri: Damodar Mall, Reliance Retail By vivian fernandes Participants made sweeping generalisations and even contradictory observations during an online…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyJune 24, 2020Lifting of Curbs on Farm Land Sale In Karnataka Will Create 'Thick' Markets, Benefit Famers, Says Researcher By vivian fernandes Shruti Rajagopalan, a research scholar at George Mason University in the United States has in an…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJune 21, 2020Three-tiered Forests of Bamboo and Shrubs with Broad-Leaf Trees Along the Yamuna can Scrub Air to Preserve Lockdown's Gains By vivian fernandes Air quality improved across Indian cities during the lockdown, especially in Delhi. While the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJune 21, 2020If Amazon Retail can do it why not Flipkart FarmerMart? Govt's Food E-Retailing Policy is Baffling By vivian fernandes While the government can claim to the great liberalizer with three ordinances that de-fang the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 16, 2020The Wonder Sugarcane Variety Co 0238 has Resulted in Additional Income of Rs 45,000/ha, its Breeders Say By vivian fernandes Bakshi Ram The early maturing sugarcane variety Co 0238 (Karan 4) developed by…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJune 13, 2020Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets World Food Prize 2020 for Work on No-Tillage, Cover Crop Techniques and Research on CO2 Storage in Soil By vivian fernandes Rattan Lal, a native of India but a citizen of the United States, gets the World Food Prize for work…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 10, 2020Department of Chemicals Writes to Ag Ministry, Seeks Review of Ban on 27 Generic Pesticides, Mentions Specific Molecules which should be Exempt By vivian fernandes The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has written a note to the agriculture ministry…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 9, 2020Central Ordinance Allowing Purchase of Farm Produce Without Mandi License will Hit State Revenues; Punjab may be Hardest Hit By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports that states were charging multiple taxes, cesses and fees for agricultural…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 4, 2020Govt. Turns Down Flipkart Farmer-Mart's Proposal to Stock and Sell Agri-Produce Online; Is it the Great Liberalizer that it Claims to Be? By vivian fernandes When the government is bringing down barriers in agricultural trade, why make an exception to the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 4, 2020Needed: Ecosystem Approach for Smallholder Farmers to Gain from Reforms in Agricultural Trade By vivian fernandes Seven states have reformed their agricultural markets with ordinances; the centre is also taking the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
