Agriculture PolicyVideos of The DaySeptember 11, 2015Video: Marathwada Drought Tells Us to Stretch That Drop of Water By admin In this second episode of the ten-part series, ‘Smart Agriculture,’ broadcast on CNN-IBN…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonSeptember 9, 2015Three Years After Monsanto’s Bt Gene Went Off Patent, Govt Wakes Up, Wants ICAR to Act By admin The Indian government has woken up to the fact that Monsanto’s bacterial gene that creates…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsMaizeSeptember 8, 2015Monsanto India's CEO Finds Regulatory Uncertainty Unsettling; Is ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ By admin On 2 September, 2015, commodities trader and hedge fund manager Jim Rogers decided to throw in the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFarmer Producer CompaniesSeptember 3, 2015Farmer Producer Companies Are Taming Middlemen, Can They Get An Arm Around Marketing? By admin A shoot for a television series ‘Smart Agriculture’ brings us to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. S.Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyGM CropsGM EndorsementsAugust 31, 2015Prime Minister, You Cannot 'Make in India' if CMs Meddle in Seed Contracts, Prices: Ashok Gulati By admin For agrarian miracles three things are needed: seeds, water and markets. Gujarat’s agrarian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyGM CropsAugust 29, 2015Blog: Modi Govt Must Spell Out Thinking on GM Crops Through A Policy Document By admin Biotech crop research in India started in the 1990s. The first product, insect-resistant Bt cotton…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 28, 2015Why the Concept of 'Negawatts' Should Apply to Wasted Food By admin India grows twenty eight percent of the world’s bananas and is the top producing nation in the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingHybridsAugust 27, 2015Crops Grown Between Palms Will Decide the Future of Coconut Plantations By admin ‘Upar ki kamayi,’ is one of the attractions of a government job for those who believe public…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt cottonBt technologyGM CropsAugust 26, 2015Grease the Process of Obtaining NoCs for Field Trials or Abolish Them, Sharad Pawar tells Prime Minister By admin My Dear Prime Minister, Biotechnology is emerging as a potential tool in breeding and improving…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 18, 2015Making Solar-powered Irrigation Affordable By admin Bhavarlal Jain with his three icons: Mahatma Gandhi, JRD Tata and Jawaharlal Nehru. When I…Read more 0 0 0 Share
