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
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityJune 8, 2021Agroforestry Comes to the Rescue of a Pandemic-hit Tribal Community in Assam By vivian fernandes In 2020, as young people returned home to their rural communities displaced from their jobs in the…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMay 22, 2021How DAP is Subsidised and Priced? By vivian fernandes DAP or di-ammonium phosphate is the second most used fertiliser in India. In 2020-21, 11.91 million…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMay 13, 2021Sri Lanka Bans Chemical Fertilisers; Could Become World's first Organic-only State By vivian fernandes Sri Lanka has banned the import of chemical fertilisers and agrochemicals at a decision its cabinet…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMay 5, 2021Poly House Cultivation is Not Profitable without Subsidy, HP University Researchers Find By vivian fernandes Is protected cultivation in poly houses profitable? Indervir Singh, Faculty Member of the Central…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyApril 28, 2021Bihar's Maize is Bought by Private Traders; Can its Rice Farmers Do Without Regulated Mandis and Procurement? By vivian fernandes Speaking to Harish Damodaran of the Indian Express on 26 April, Balram Singh Yadav, Managing…Read more 0 0 Share