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
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 3, 2021Budget 2021-22 Disappoints by Not Making Allocation for Diversification from Wheat and Rice in Punjab, Haryana By vivian fernandes There hasn’t been a big increase in the share of wheat or rice procured by the previous or present…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFebruary 3, 2021FM Shifts Food and Fertiliser Subsidy Arrears to the Budget; Acknowledges their True Extent By vivian fernandes The Finance Minister has come clean on subsidies. The food subsidy was underprovided in the last…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 29, 2021Economic Survey Wants Rural Schools for Farmers to Transform Them Into Entrepreneurs By vivian fernandes The option of setting up rural agricultural schools for hands-on training may be explored to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 19, 2021'Centre's Law Easing Agricultural Marketing Ignores Regional, Seasonal and Crop-wise Variations' By vivian fernandes Supporters of the three central laws that free up agricultural marketing say market prices will lead…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 20, 2020Online Agri-trading Platforms Need to be Data Science Driven; A New Central Law Could Drive Their Volumes By vivian fernandes Online trading platforms are creating a unified countrywide market for agricultural produce which is…Read more 0 0 0 Share