Agriculture PolicyDecember 6, 2022Fewer States and Fewer Cultivators Opting for Crop Insurance, Says BS Editorial By vivian fernandes In a welcome initiative, the government has suo motu offered to make pro-farmer changes in its…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyNovember 16, 2022Centre Defends Environmental Release of GM Mustard Hybrid DMH-11 and its Parental Lines in Supreme Court By vivian fernandes Excerpts from the government’s reply of 9 November, 2022 to writ petitions No 260 of 2005…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyNovember 11, 2022Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Protection Authority and Seed Industry, Pepsico at Loggerheads By vivian fernandes India has a unique law for the protection of plant varieties but the authority administering the law…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 4, 2022Indian Express Reports says Pusa Decomposer is Not Effective in Degrading Paddy Straw and Stubble By vivian fernandes In an article on this website in October, 2020, we had said that the fungal mix of the Indian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt technologyAugust 29, 2022Can India, the Largest Producer of Milk, Become Globally Competitive as Well? By vivian fernandes India’s dairy policy must be driven by commercial considerations and not sentiment, allowing…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyAugust 29, 2022Farmers’ Leaders Blocking Reforms Citing Economist Ashok Gulati's Study: NITI Aayog's Ramesh Chand By vivian fernandes An influential Delhi-based agricultural economist’s study that says Indian farmers bore an…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt technologyJuly 27, 2022Interest in Ayurvedic Health Supplements Peaked During the Pandemic; It Has Plateaued at a Higher Level: Somit Mukherjee, CPO, Dabur India By vivian fernandes There was a good supply response to increased demand for medicinal herbs and aromatic plants owing…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyJuly 24, 2022Farmers' Producer Companies Shouldn't be Set Up Only to Meet Govt Targets, Says CMD of Sahyadri FPC By vivian fernandes Farmers producer companies (FPCs) shouldn’t be set up mechanically to meet government set targets…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyJune 30, 2022Digital Technology Startups are Impacting Horticulture, Dairying, Poultry and Aquaculture, says VC Funder Mark Kahn By vivian fernandes Online marketplaces are making a difference to farmers in the states they are active in like Bihar…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyJune 24, 2022Reducing Fertiliser Use to Cut Down on Imports and Trim the Subsidy Bill By vivian fernandes India needs to pare its fertiliser import bill with a bouquet of measures including getting farmers…Read more 0 0 0 Share
