Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyJuly 7, 2019Protest Planting of Unapproved HTBt Cotton: What's the Way Out? By vivian fernandes The government cannot approve the cultivation of HTBt cotton because the technology is…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityBriefingJuly 7, 2019Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wants to Go Back to Basics with Zero-Budget Natural Farming. Does it Work? By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes has been following this government’s fascination with Zero-Budget Natural…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyJune 23, 2019A Gandhian Satyagraha Rolls Out form Akoli Jahangir Village for an Un-Gandhian Purpose: Access to GM Technology By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes was present at Akoli Jahangir village, in Akot near Akola in Maharashtra when about…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 23, 2019NITI Aayog to Sound Out Chief Ministers on Keeping Essential Commodities Act in Abeyance: Ramesh Chand By vivian fernandes One of the four items on the agenda of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting held on 15 June was…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt technologyJune 17, 2019Dispelling Falsehoods about GM Crops: What India Can Learn from the Philippines By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes was in the Philippines recently. He reports on the country’s advocacy and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 8, 2019ICRISAT's DG Takes a Swipe at Subhash Palekar's Zero-Budget Natural Farming at NAAS Lecture By vivian fernandes Subhash Palekar’s Zero-Budget Natural Farming came in for criticism tangentially from Peter…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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
