Agriculture PolicyHybridsMaizeApril 11, 2015Maize Should Become Part of National Conversation like Pulses and Oilseeds: Monsanto India CEO By admin The country’s production of maize has increased from 14.5 million tonnes to 24.4 milion tonnes in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyApril 8, 2015Do Not Fall for False Charms of Organic Farming: Shantu Shantaram By admin If seriously pursued this can have implications for India’s food security says Shantaram who…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsApril 4, 2015More Housewives Than Farmers Kill Themselves, So What Should The Spin Be? By admin Indebtedness is a key reason for farmers taking extreme action, and the failure of any crop provokes…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyContract farmingMarch 24, 2015Income Support to Farmers Would be a Dream: Ashok Gulati By admin Unseasonal rains that have destroyed crops and ruined farmers in some parts of the country cry out…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonBt technologyGM CropsMarch 19, 2015National Academy Of Agricultural Sciences Votes for GM Crops in Feb 2014 Resolution By admin Genetic modification crop technology is necessary for low-input, high output agriculture, the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyGM CropsMarch 16, 2015Budget 2015 Has Ignored Crop Science, says Biotech Industry Club Chief By admin We were looking to a stimulus in Budget 2015 for agri-biotech so that Indian agriculture could…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBiodiversityGM CropsMarch 9, 2015Indian Legislation Should Not be Guided By Europe's Parliament: Sanjaya Rajaram By admin The next green revolution will begin in biotechnology but ‘India has gone complacent’ about food…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Ag in ParliamentAgri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyGM CropsMarch 6, 2015No Ban on GM Crop Field Trials, Govt Policy is Case-by-Case Approvals, Ministers Tell Lok Sabha By admin * The government policy is to allow GM crops after full scientific evaluation of their bio-safety…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFebruary 28, 2015Finance Minister Flatters Agricultural Allocations in Budget Speech By admin Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made it seem that he was lavishing attention on agriculture out of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFebruary 27, 2015Focus on Ag Research and Productivity, says Economic Survey By admin The Economic Survey published on the eve of budget 2015-16 calls for greater attention to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
