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
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
