TechnologyDecember 27, 2022Demand for Microbials Set to Take Off, Says Kan Biosys Founder, as Farmers Realise that Healthy Soils Mean Healthy Crops By vivian fernandes The market for microbials that boost or protect crop yields is growing at a compounded annual rate…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyDecember 12, 2022Farmers Using More of Lesser Priced DAP than Complex Fertilisers, Upsetting Nutrient Balance, Says IE Editorial By vivian fernandes Despite a nutrient-based subsidy policy meant to ensure balanced use of fertilisers, farmers are…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt technologyDecember 6, 2022Dear Hon'ble Supreme Court, Here Are Some Compelling Reasons for Permitting GM Mustard By vivian fernandes What’s the compelling reason for release of GM mustard, the Supreme Court asked the Attorney…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyDecember 6, 2022GM Mustard Based on Sound Research, Release Followed Due Process: Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav By vivian fernandes In the clearest enunciation of the government’s support for genetically-modified (GM) crops…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyDecember 6, 2022Fewer States and Fewer Cultivators Opting for Crop Insurance, Says BS Editorial By vivian fernandes In a welcome initiative, the government has suo motu offered to make pro-farmer changes in its…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyDecember 1, 2022Despite Knocks and Shocks, Mahyco Re-Applies for Nod to HTBt Cotton "In Good Faith," Says Shirish Barwale By vivian fernandes Price and royalty controls remain but Mahyo reapplies for approval of herbicide-tolerant and…Read more 0 0 1 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyNovember 16, 2022Centre Defends Environmental Release of GM Mustard Hybrid DMH-11 and its Parental Lines in Supreme Court By vivian fernandes Excerpts from the government’s reply of 9 November, 2022 to writ petitions No 260 of 2005…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyNovember 11, 2022Should We Await Tests on Honeybees and Pollinators Before Consuming GM Mustard? By vivian fernandes Did the regulator for GM plants make haste in recommending the release of a genetically modified…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyNovember 11, 2022Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Protection Authority and Seed Industry, Pepsico at Loggerheads By vivian fernandes India has a unique law for the protection of plant varieties but the authority administering the law…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyOctober 27, 2022Australia Approves GM Indian Mustard Tolerant to Herbicide. Why Must India's GM Mustard Hybrid Wait? By vivian fernandes With the Australian authorities approving the release of Indian mustard genetically-modified (GM)…Read more 0 0 0 Share
