BriefingAugust 10, 2019B.S. Dhillon, 16 Other Ag Scientists Tell Govt to End "Ambiguity and Indecision" on GM Crops By vivian fernandes Seventeen reputed agricultural scientists* have come out in support of genetic modification (GM)…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 25, 2019Keep Milk and Milk Products Out of Proposed Free Trade Deal with 16 Countries By vivian fernandes Dairy products must be kept out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as cheap…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 17, 2019The Irony of a State Contracting Debt To Make Its Zero-Budget Natural Farmers Debt-Free By vivian fernandes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the budget that India will go ‘back to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 16, 2019Agrichemicals Industry Must Reassure Consumers that Residue-Free Food is Affordably Safe By vivian fernandes The agr1chemicals industry must not live in denial but take measures to reassure consumers that the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 16, 2019Agricultural Progress will be Driven by Science, Not Sentiment for the Golden Past: R. G Agarwal of Dhanuka Agritech By vivian fernandes Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee added the bit about ‘Jai Vigyan,’ to his predecessor, Lal…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyJuly 7, 2019Protest Planting of Unapproved HTBt Cotton: What's the Way Out? By vivian fernandes The government cannot approve the cultivation of HTBt cotton because the technology is…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityBriefingJuly 7, 2019Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wants to Go Back to Basics with Zero-Budget Natural Farming. Does it Work? By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes has been following this government’s fascination with Zero-Budget Natural…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 23, 2019NITI Aayog to Sound Out Chief Ministers on Keeping Essential Commodities Act in Abeyance: Ramesh Chand By vivian fernandes One of the four items on the agenda of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting held on 15 June was…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 8, 2019ICRISAT's DG Takes a Swipe at Subhash Palekar's Zero-Budget Natural Farming at NAAS Lecture By vivian fernandes Subhash Palekar’s Zero-Budget Natural Farming came in for criticism tangentially from Peter…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMay 14, 2019Haryana Bt Brinjal Controversy: Govt Must Allow Farmers Access to Technology So They Don't Need to Use Illegal Seeds By vivian fernandes Why are farmers compelled to use illegal herbicide-tolerant Bt cotton or unapproved Bt brinjal…Read more 0 0 0 Share
