BriefingMarch 12, 2023Millet Scientist Explains How Millets are Anatomically Superior By vivian fernandes Proso millet was the earliest domesticated millet. It dates to the Neolithic Age, about 7,000 years…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 8, 2023Weather Forecaster Weighs Chances of Deficit Monsoon as Forecasting Agencies Alert High Probability of El Nino By vivian fernandes This story and Zoom interview of Sivananda Pai with Vivian Fernandes were published in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 3, 2023Blended Flours and Ready to Cook or Eat Items Will Drive Millet Consumption, says Millet Research Institute Scientist By vivian fernandes The replacement of staples like wheat and rice with millets will take time and their expansion into…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingFebruary 28, 2023Why Have Onion Prices Crashed in Maharashtra? By vivian fernandes High temperatures have caused onion prices to collapse in the wholesale markets of Maharashtra even…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 27, 2022Mann Deshi Bank, Born of Audacity 25 Years Ago, Continues to Meet Rural Women's Needs, Says its CEO By vivian fernandes How do you provide banking services to rural women who are usually regarded as un-bankable because…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBiodiversityBriefingOctober 4, 2022Sex Scent Mating Disruption Effective in Checking Pink Bollworm Infestation in Cotton, Say Two Proponents By vivian fernandes Female sex scent dispensers can disrupt the mating behaviour of pink bollworm moths, greatly reduce…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 4, 2022Indian Express Reports says Pusa Decomposer is Not Effective in Degrading Paddy Straw and Stubble By vivian fernandes In an article on this website in October, 2020, we had said that the fungal mix of the Indian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyJune 24, 2022Reducing Fertiliser Use to Cut Down on Imports and Trim the Subsidy Bill By vivian fernandes India needs to pare its fertiliser import bill with a bouquet of measures including getting farmers…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJune 21, 2022Why Rising Temperature is Causing Long, Dry Periods and Short Spells of Downpour During Monsoons By vivian fernandes Why is rain not evenly distributed through the season and why are there long, dry spells and a few…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJune 18, 2022Embedding Humans in the Circular Economy with Peecycling or Recycling Urine to Fertigate Plants By vivian fernandes The shortage of fertiliser, worsened by the war in Ukraine, and sky-high prices is getting people in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
