Agriculture PolicyDecember 4, 2021Farm Laws Have Been Repealed, but Agricultural Reforms Are Needed By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes makes the case for agricultural marketing reforms. The government’s retreat…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 26, 2021Anil Ghanwat, Member of the SC Committee on Farm Laws, Seeks Its Permission to Release Report By vivian fernandes “It is important to ensure that while the specific laws may no longer exist, the reform impulse…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 25, 2021AgNext is Working on a Quick Digital Test for Pesticide Residues, says CTO Subrat Panda By vivian fernandes On August 30, Telangana’s Nizamabad agricultural mandi inaugurated an instant curcumin testing…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyOctober 12, 2021Paying Farmers Rs 2,500 an Acre will Help Control Field Fires, Researches Say By vivian fernandes This is a summary of an article in the Indian Express. Four researchers (see below) studied crop…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 2, 2021PM "Dedicates" to the Nation Crop Varieties That Were Already Released By vivian fernandes Varieties are released to farmers for cultivation as per protocols of the 1966 Seed Act and there is…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicySeptember 28, 2021In Agricultural Households, Debt Amount and Incidence of Indebtedness Rises with Size of Holdings By vivian fernandes While the average debt of agricultural households was Rs 74,000, among those possessing 4-10 ha, it…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicySeptember 17, 2021As Tourism Earnings Tank and Food Imports Rise, Sri Lanka's Ban on Fertilisers Aggravates Crisis By vivian fernandes The ban on chemical fertilisers imposed at the end of April is expected to hurt the production and…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
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversitySeptember 1, 2021High and Rising Demand for Cooking Oil Makes the Oil Palm Mission Necessary, but Caution is Needed By vivian fernandes India needs to expand the area under oil palm but the government should rethink its decision to…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 28, 2021At Karnataka's Model Ramthal Project, Farmers Struggle To Make The Mindset Switch from Flood to Micro Irrigation By vivian fernandes Last month the non-bank finance company (NBFC) of Netafim Irrigation India got about Rs 420 cr in…Read more 0 0 Share