Agri-biotechnologyGM CropsSeptember 18, 2020Why GEAC's Nod to Beej Sheetal for Safety Trials on Bt Brinjal will End up Confounding the Company and Farmers By vivian fernandes The GEAC has allowed Beej (or Bejo) Sheetal to do BRL-II bio-safety trials on Bt brinjal. But Vivian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingSeptember 12, 2020Eight Farmers from Eight States Endorse Bt Cotton and Call Upon the Govt to Make GM Technology Available in Other Crops By vivian fernandes Farmers endorsed Bt cotton technology and asked the government not to deny them access to improved…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingSeptember 4, 2020INI Farms Introduces Fruits With QR Codes That Can Disclose the Farms They were Grown in By vivian fernandes INI Farms, a farm-to-fork ag-tech fruit brand company has introduced origin traceability feature for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyAugust 20, 2020Three Notifications for Banning Chemical Pesticides or Restricting their Use: Govt Must Make Haste Slowly By vivian fernandes Farmers and the pesticide industry are agitated over a series of draft notifications proposing bans…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 18, 2020A Portal Makes Warehouses Across the Country Searchable; Reassures Users With Certification By vivian fernandes India is said to have 143 million tonnes of constructed storage capacity and while this is…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 16, 2020Govt says It's Banning 27 Pesticides Because Industry Hasn't Supplied Required Data; Not True, Says CCFI By vivian fernandes In July 2013, the government had set up a committee to review six neo-nicotinoids. A month later it…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyAugust 6, 2020The Agriculture Ministry Seems to be in a Hurry to Ban Commonly-used Pesticides By vivian fernandes Many of the chemical crop protection molecules proposed to be banned are in use in developed…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyAugust 6, 2020Restrictions on the Spraying of Weed Killer Glyphosate will Raise the Unease of Doing Agriculture By vivian fernandes If a technical body under the Insecticides Act overrules the objections, farmers will not be…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingHybridsJuly 27, 2020Will an Icrisat Discovery put More Pigeonpea Dal in Your Sambar? By vivian fernandes Researchers at Icrisat have discovered that temperature regulates male sterility and fertility in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyJuly 24, 2020India Can Be a Big Seed Exporter says Ram Kaundinya of Federation of Seed Industry of India By vivian fernandes Indian can be a big seed exporter and can capture 10 percent of the world market, currently valued…Read more 0 0 0 Share
