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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 23, 2019

NITI 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…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
June 8, 2019

ICRISAT'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…
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May 14, 2019

Haryana 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…
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May 5, 2019

Gujarat Government says it can Play "Umpire" in Contract Farming Arrangements between PepsiCo and Potato Farmers

By vivian fernandes
PepsiCo India got flak for moving court against farmers who infringed its IPR, but it may have got…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
April 30, 2019

Four Years After the Spike in Prices of Pulses, is Self-Sufficiency Within Touching Distance?

By vivian fernandes
“Are we self-sufficient in pulses?” Peter Carberry, the Director-General of Icrisat, the…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
April 26, 2019

How Winter Crop Chickpea or Chana, Elbowed Out of North India By the Green Revolution, Adapted to Warm Andhra

By vivian fernandes
The adaptation of chickpea or chana, a winter crop edged out of northern India by the Green…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
April 13, 2019

Punjab, the State at the Forefront of the Green Revolution, Has Lost its Affinity for Agricultural Research

By vivian fernandes
There are fewer students from Punjab appearing and qualifying for the Agricultural Research Service…
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Briefing
March 30, 2019

Stray Cattle Menace III: Will Cow Belt Become Buffalo Country Over Time?

By vivian fernandes
In this concluding report of a three-part series, Vivian Fernandes says farmers have resorted to…
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March 30, 2019

Stray Cattle Menace II: Can Artificial Insemination with Sex-Sorted Semen Help UP Reduce the Swelling Numbers?

By vivian fernandes
Uttar Pradesh’s finances are stretched. It also a very large number of people below the…
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Agriculture PolicyBriefing
March 30, 2019

Stray Cattle Menace I: MP Explores 'Shram', 'Shraddha' and 'Laabh' Models

By vivian fernandes
There is no official ban on the trading of cattle, that is, cow and its progeny in the country. But…
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