BriefingOctober 1, 2024Why Paddy Stubble Burning Could Aggravate Pollution This Year Compared to Earlier Years By vivian fernandes Paddy stubble burning, when farmers in Punjab and Haryana prepare fields for wheat planting, by…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingOctober 3, 2023Swati Nayak: A Bridge Between Breeders and Smallholder Rice Farmers in Eastern India, Bangladesh and Africa By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes interviewed Swati Nayak for upon her winning the 2023 Norman Borlaug Award for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingOctober 3, 2023M S Swaminathan Was a Catalyst for Rural Prosperity and the Alleviation of Mass Hunger By vivian fernandes This article, by Vivian Fernandes, was published in on the day the architect of the Green…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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 in thefederal.com on 4…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
