Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonMarch 21, 2019Harish Damodaran on How Radha Mohan Singh's Orders Denying Pricing and Licensing Freedom are Reversing the Cotton Revolution By vivian fernandes In an in the Indian Express, Harish Damodaran writes that the government’s contempt for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 20, 2019Despite the End of Maha Kumbh Mela, and the Kanpur Administration's Recommendation, Tanneries at Jajmau Remain Shut By vivian fernandes On the face of it, this story should not feature here. But I have posted it because it impacts the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyMarch 8, 2019Govt Policies Have Shrunk Mahyco’s Ag Biotech Research Spending by 70 Percent: CTO Usha Zehr By vivian fernandes Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) is the pioneer of organized private seed production in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 5, 2019Postpone Target for Doubling Farmers' Income by Seven Years In View of "Mediocre" Agri-GDP Growth, Two Economists Say By vivian fernandes The target date for achieving the doubling of farmers’ income should be shifted by seven years…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingFebruary 25, 2019These Startups Hope to Make Money By Using Technology to Help Farmers Do So By vivian fernandes Gajendra Babu, who is working with an agricultural MNC in Singapore has compiled this…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingTechnologyFebruary 23, 2019ICAR to Move Breeding Management System to Digital Platform, Train Breeders in Advanced Genomics Techniques By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports on the move by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to digitize its…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 20, 2019Former RBI Govenor Y V Reddy Endorses Proposal to Make Farm Loan Waivers an Electoral Offence By vivian fernandes Former Reserve Bank Governor Y V Reddy has proposed an agri-risk fund with contributions from…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 5, 2019'Will Standing by the Farmer' Mean More than Farm Loan Waivers for Rahul Gandhi? By vivian fernandes In an interview to the newspaper Mint, Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi lists the things that…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 13, 2018Ag Minister Radha Mohan Singh's Strange Obsession with Mystic Farming Technologies By vivian fernandes Like Chinese and Soviet nationalists under erstwhile Communist regimes, Agriculture Minister Radha…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 26, 2018Is Corteva Agriscience Misaligned with Govt's Objectives in Putting Science and Innovation at the Forefront? By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes reports on a media interaction with K V Subbarao, South Asia Leader of the new…Read more 0 0 0 Share
