Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 27, 2018Rapeseed-Mustard Can Best Help Reduce India's Edible Oil Shortage if Area Expands and Yield Spikes By vivian fernandes High import duties cannot make mustard production sustainable in the country. Yield will have to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 25, 2018We Need GM technology to Develop Mustard Hybrids and for Orobanche Weed Control, says P K Rai of DRMR By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes interviews the Director of the Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 23, 2018Its Former Chairman, Ashok Gulati, Lights into CACP for Ignoring its Mandate on MSPs By vivian fernandes The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has “toed the government line,” ignoring…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 18, 2018To Curb HT Cotton, Govt Tells Non-tea Growing States to Disallow Sale of Glyphosate By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports on a meeting held by the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday, June 17, where…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyJuly 12, 2018PAU's Surinder Sandhu says Pental's GM Technique is a Stable and Reliable Pollination Control System for Creating Mustard Hybrids By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes brings a voice from Punjab Agricultural University which did the biosafety trials…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 10, 2018Boost Production of Mustard for the Country's Edible Oil Security: Atul Chaturvedi of SEA By vivian fernandes Atul Chaturvedi is President of the Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA). Until he retired last…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 10, 2018Cooking Oil Self-Sufficiency Can't be Achieved by Revisiting High Tariffs of the Late 1980s By vivian fernandes Import duties on cooking oil have been raised four times since last August. But without productivity…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 9, 2018MSP Raises Alone Will Not Sustain Higher Farm Incomes Unless Yields Improve and Costs Fall By vivian fernandes The government’s MSP policy ignores the importance of enhancing productivity to reduce costs…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 5, 2018Government's MSP Policy a Departure from its Past Practice, Could Distort Cropping Patterns and Cause Mild Inflation, Newspapers Say By vivian fernandes The Narendra Modi government has thrown caution to the winds, says Indian Express’ Rural Affairs…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 27, 2018Farmers were Marketing Props in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Sanitized Interaction with Them By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports the Prime Minister’s interaction with farmers via video link focussed…Read more 0 0 0 Share
