Agriculture PolicyJune 15, 2022Frequent Extreme Weather Events Might Gum Up Free Farm Trade if Exporters are Forced to Look Inwards, Says Ramesh Chand By vivian fernandes On the 13 May, India banned the export of wheat despite asserting that 10 million tonnes would be…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonJune 8, 2022Is There Life After Insect-Resistant Bt Cotton? A Podcast With M. Ramasami of Rasi Seeds By vivian fernandes Raw cotton or kapas prices have doubled since last year. At the Rajkot regulated mandi, the minimum…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyMay 22, 2022Genome-Editing Guidelines Ambiguous Says Deepak Pental; No, Says K V Prabhu of Drafting Committee By vivian fernandes In an interview to Vivian Fernandes, geneticist Deepak Pental says the genome editing guidelines are…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFarmer Producer CompaniesMay 17, 2022Maharashtra to Help Farmer Collectives Adopt Disruptive Technologies With Grant from World Bank and South Korea By vivian fernandes Mumbai, 17 May, 2022: The Maharashtra government and the World Bank have launched ‘SMART Agtech…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMay 17, 2022Wheat Export Ban: Consumers Paid Higher than World Prices; Can't They Expect Payback Now? By vivian fernandes The ban on wheat exports imposed on Friday 13 May is meant to aid the government’s procurement…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMay 10, 2022Grow Indigo Enlists Farmers For Regenerative Farming With the Promise of Carbon Credits as Another Revenue Stream By vivian fernandes Agriculture is an earth warming activity. Tractor emissions release carbon dioxide. Methane is…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMay 3, 2022Indonesia's Palm Oil Export Ban is a Reminder to India to Shed Over-Dependence on Imports, Says Atul Chaturvedi of SEA By vivian fernandes In a podcast I did for thefederal.com, Atul Chaturvedi, President, Solvent Extractors’ Association…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMay 3, 2022Online Trading Platforms are Democratising the Purchase and Sale of Cattle By vivian fernandes Online cattle trading platforms are cutting down transaction costs and helping cattle owners fetch…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyMarch 8, 2022Bt Brinjal: Can Farmers Break the Law to Compel The Govt to Respect Lawful Procedure? By vivian fernandes If the government does not respect a procedure established by law, can people compel it to abide by…Read more 0 70657 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFebruary 23, 2022Don't Bypass APMC Mandis; Allow Farmers to Sell Directly Outside Them, Say Ag Experts By vivian fernandes Farmers should have the option of selling outside the regulated APMC mandis (without paying mandi…Read more 0 70657 0 Share
