Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 9, 2017In West Bengal, Yet Another Season of Abundant Potato Crop, Abysmal Prices By admin Why do West Bengal’s smallholder potato farmers never learn from experience and diversify out of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 8, 2017Reopen Buffalo and Goat Slaughterhouses in UP; We Will Run Goshalas as a Goodwill Gesture, Says Sirajuddin Qureshi By admin “The CM was warm. He was kind enough to meet us. He told us categorically that he is not against…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 6, 2017UP Slaughterhouses: Court Tells Govt to "Balance Rights Under Secular Umbrella" and Desist From "Legally Unconstitutional" Acts By admin The 19-page order of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on the closure of so-called…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 4, 2017This Engineer-Farmer Made Consistent Losses for Seven Years For Reasons Beyond His Control By admin So says Mangesh Gupte, the head of corporate social responsibility at a pharmaceutical company…Read more 0 0 1 Share
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
