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March 2022

Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 27, 2020

Consumers 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…
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Agriculture Policy
June 24, 2020

Lifting 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…
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Briefing
June 21, 2020

Three-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…
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Briefing
June 21, 2020

If 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…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 16, 2020

The 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…
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Briefing
June 13, 2020

Soil 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…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 10, 2020

Department 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…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 9, 2020

Central 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…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 4, 2020

Govt. 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…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 4, 2020

Needed: 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…
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