BriefingMay 14, 2019Haryana Bt Brinjal Controversy: Govt Must Allow Farmers Access to Technology So They Don't Need to Use Illegal Seeds By vivian fernandes Why are farmers compelled to use illegal herbicide-tolerant Bt cotton or unapproved Bt brinjal…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMay 5, 2019Gujarat Government says it can Play "Umpire" in Contract Farming Arrangements between PepsiCo and Potato Farmers By vivian fernandes PepsiCo India got flak for moving court against farmers who infringed its IPR, but it may have got…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMay 5, 2019PepsiCo India is Right in Enforcing its IPR but Seeking High Damages from Farmers is Bad Optics By vivian fernandes The Gujarat government should broker a settlement between PepsiCo and the farmers, the food and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 30, 2019Four Years After the Spike in Prices of Pulses, is Self-Sufficiency Within Touching Distance? By vivian fernandes “Are we self-sufficient in pulses?” Peter Carberry, the Director-General of Icrisat, the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 26, 2019How Winter Crop Chickpea or Chana, Elbowed Out of North India By the Green Revolution, Adapted to Warm Andhra By vivian fernandes The adaptation of chickpea or chana, a winter crop edged out of northern India by the Green…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingApril 13, 2019Punjab, the State at the Forefront of the Green Revolution, Has Lost its Affinity for Agricultural Research By vivian fernandes There are fewer students from Punjab appearing and qualifying for the Agricultural Research Service…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyApril 11, 2019A Farmers' Manifesto for Freedom from Unjust Laws and a Predatory State By vivian fernandes In the runup to the elections, political parties that have kept the farming sector shackled are…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 30, 2019Stray Cattle Menace III: Will Cow Belt Become Buffalo Country Over Time? By vivian fernandes In this concluding report of a three-part series, Vivian Fernandes says farmers have resorted to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 30, 2019Stray Cattle Menace II: Can Artificial Insemination with Sex-Sorted Semen Help UP Reduce the Swelling Numbers? By vivian fernandes Uttar Pradesh’s finances are stretched. It also a very large number of people below the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 30, 2019Stray Cattle Menace I: MP Explores 'Shram', 'Shraddha' and 'Laabh' Models By vivian fernandes There is no official ban on the trading of cattle, that is, cow and its progeny in the country. But…Read more 0 0 0 Share
