Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonAugust 23, 2018Like ‘Jai Vigyan’ Vajpayee, PM Modi Must Show Commitment to Science-based Agriculture By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports on a prime minister who approved India’s first – and only…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingAugust 19, 2018Agriculture is not the Mainstay of Rural Households; Only 23 Percent of their Income is Agricultural: Nabard Survey By vivian fernandes Less than half — 48 percent — of rural households are agricultural and their share of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 11, 2018No Regulatory Vacuum on GM Food, Says Environment Ministry By vivian fernandes Is there is a regulatory vacuum as far as GM food is concerned? Pawan Agarwal, CEO of the Food…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyAugust 9, 2018Centre for Science and Environment's Study on GM Foods Lacks Rigour in Design and Analysis: DU's Genetics' Dept. Head By vivian fernandes We asked Pradeep Burma, Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics, Delhi University to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyAugust 9, 2018The Sale of GM Food Happens in a Regulatory Vacuum: FSSAI CEO Pawan Agarwal By vivian fernandes In a study released in the last week of July, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says it…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingAugust 6, 2018The Truth Behind the Doubling of Chandramani Kaushik's Income and TV Host Punya Prasun Bajpai's Resignation By vivian fernandes In a on 27 June, we said farmers were marketing props for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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
