Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonBt technologyAugust 15, 2015Govt Must Stand Up to Anti-science Opponents of GM Technology: Ashok Chowgule By admin Ashok Chowgule, VHP’s Working President (External). Photo provided by author. Given the proven…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 3, 2015India’s Real Skills Challenge: 263 Million Farm Workers By admin 54% working population engaged in farms as cultivators and labourers Low skills pushing more workers…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingHybridsAugust 2, 2015Government Policies Discourage Pulses Production, Says Research Institute Director By admin Pulses are kind on the environment. The amount of water used for one hectare of wheat can irrigate…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 30, 2015Healthcare, More Than Debt Relief, Could Minimize Farmer Suicides, says Brookings India Report By admin The link between indebtedness and farmer suicides is not as straightforward as the Maharashtra…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyGM CropsHybridsJuly 28, 2015Coordinated National Effort Can Double Pulses Production: CLL Gowda By admin CLL Gowda, just-retired Dy Director-General of Icrisat. Question: The lack of productivity-improving…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyRiceJuly 18, 2015CRRI Director Wants National Policy To Determine Eligibility of Regions to Grow Rice By admin The Central Rice Research Institute was set up at Cuttack in Orissa in 1946 after the Great Bengal…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyRiceJuly 11, 2015Bihar Has Caught Up With National Rice Yield: Food Production Commissioner By admin The first IARI was set up at Pusa village in Samastipur district of Bihar. After an earthquake in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyHybridsJune 7, 2015Grow Rice As If It's Wheat, Rice Scientist tells Bihar's Farmers By admin The weather has been acting up over the past few years with monsoons tending to be scanty and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsMaizeApril 30, 2015There is Diversification Beyond Maize: Punjab Ag Univ VC By admin Q: Are you satisfied with the pace of Punjab’s diversification out of rice? Ans: Punjab…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyWhat Farmers Say?April 27, 2015Talk of Only Gloom and Doom Can Push Ag Deeper into State Control By admin “Spray 50 parts per million of Gibberellic ralic acid, 6BA and 0050 grade potassium on leaves.Read more 0 0 0 Share
