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
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 116890 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyDecember 15, 2021More than Digital Agricultural Start-ups, India Needs Applied Research Enterprises in Transformative Agrifood Life Sciences By vivian fernandes My email inbox is filled with press releases from digital start-ups in agriculture and requests for…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicySeptember 2, 2021Govt's Approval of GM Soy Meal Imports May Not Signal Change in Restrictive GM Food Crop Farming Policy By vivian fernandes To check the steep rise in the prices of poultry feed, the government has permitted the import of…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyApril 28, 2021Bihar's Maize is Bought by Private Traders; Can its Rice Farmers Do Without Regulated Mandis and Procurement? By vivian fernandes Speaking to Harish Damodaran of the Indian Express on 26 April, Balram Singh Yadav, Managing…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingMaizeNovember 17, 2020Bayer Says Its Short-Stature Maize Gives More Yield With Lesser Inputs Despite Denser Planting By vivian fernandes One of the ways in which Bayer intends to make agriculture sustainable is through innovations like…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 14, 2020PM Modi Gives Farmers Freedom to Tap Markets but Not to Access Technology By vivian fernandes The centre has overridden the states and brought in a law to give farmers a choice of agricultural…Read more 0 116890 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologySeptember 26, 2020Corteva Agriscience Pushes for Dense Planting of Maize Hybrids; Subsidises Mechanical Planters for Tribal Farmers By vivian fernandes One of the ways in which seed companies can drive their business is through densification of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyGM CropsSeptember 18, 2020Why GEAC's Nod to Beej Sheetal for Safety Trials on Bt Brinjal will End up Confounding the Company and Farmers By vivian fernandes The GEAC has allowed Beej (or Bejo) Sheetal to do BRL-II bio-safety trials on Bt brinjal. But Vivian…Read more 0 0 0 Share