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
Agriculture PolicyCottonApril 25, 2015Punjab Must Mechanize Cotton Picking: PAU College Dean By admin Cotton is Punjab’s third most important crop occupying 4.90 lakh ha according to latest official…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMaizeApril 16, 2015How To Get Punjab Farmers to Like Makka in Fields And Not Just in Their Rotis By admin The agriculture ministry is considering a plan to deposit directly into farmers’ bank accounts the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsApril 15, 2015Our Response to Anti-GM Activists Who Want Maharashtra to Reverse Decision By admin (1) The World Health Organization has classified glyphosate (to which genetically-modified crops can…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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
