Agriculture PolicyBriefingDecember 14, 2019Better Storage Technology, Diversification of Onion Production to North India Can Prevent Future Crisis By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports on the latest onion crisis. This article first appeared in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyNovember 27, 2019Don't Blame Law Delaying Transplanting of Rice for Punjab's Field Fires By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports that the use of the Happy Seeder to sow wheat together with the harvesting…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 19, 2019Charging Farmers for Outcomes, Not Just Inputs: One Facet of the Future of Farming By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports on Bayer’s Future of Farming Dialogue 2019 held in Germany in the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityOctober 18, 2019At a Sustainable Ag Demo Farm in Germany, a Farmer Says Crop Rotation Saves Him Herbicide and Money By vivian fernandes There is a perception in India that Western agriculture, like mining, is extractive in nature. It…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityOctober 18, 2019Fearing Stricter Regulations Some German Farmers are Active on Social Media; Progressive Indian Farmers Must Take the Cue By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes meets three piggery farmers in Germany who are active on social media. They find EU…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyOctober 8, 2019India Should Not Follow the EU in Extending GM Regulations to Gene Editing: Prof. C. S. Prakash By vivian fernandes C. S. Prakash is a professor of plant genetics, biotechnology and genomics at Tuskegee University…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBiodiversityBriefingGM CropsGM EndorsementsOctober 6, 2019The International Rice Research Institute Gave Us the Green Revolution in Rice: What is it up to Now? By vivian fernandes I remember my grandmother, a widowed smallholder farmer sowing ‘Ayarate,’ a newly-introduced…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityBriefingEnvironmentOctober 4, 2019Scientists Must be Humble Enough to Tap Farmers' Insights Gleaned from Collective Experience: Professor of Agroecology Miguel Altieri By vivian fernandes Miguel Altieri is Professor of Agroecology at University of California – Berkeley in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingSeptember 25, 2019Deepak Pental says in Current Science that M.S. Swaminathan is Speaking the Language of Ideologues and Environmental Evangelists By vivian fernandes Geneticist and former Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental has come out strongly against…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyJuly 25, 2019Dairying, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries to be Roads to Rural Prosperity with Creation of New Ministry: Secretary Shridhar By vivian fernandes Fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying will get the importance they deserve with the creation of a…Read more 0 0 0 Share