Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 11, 2020ICAR Denies Copy of Peer Review Committee Citing Threat to National Interest; Information Commissiner Agrees By vivian fernandes The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has declined to provide Vivian Fernandes a 2017…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 4, 2020With Govt Finances Stretched, Farm Investment Will Not Rise Unless Centre Gets States to Enact Model Laws By vivian fernandes Government spending on the agriculture sector in this financial year was 2.2 times more than that in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyHybridsJanuary 30, 2020India's Genome-Editing Draft Guidelines are Needlessly Restrictive By vivian fernandes At long last, the Department of Biotechnology has ended the suspense by publishing draft genome…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 30, 2020Onion Shortage: Geographic Diversification of Cultivation Will Help; Mirzapur Looks Promising By vivian fernandes Episodic shortages of onions due to aberrant weather conditions are unavoidable. Dispersal of onion…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 25, 2020Budget 2020: For Agriculture, It Must Signal Change of Course in Favour of Science & Technology, and Private Investments By vivian fernandes There has been too much emphasis on traditional and organic agriculture in the previous budgets of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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
