Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 6, 2015Opinion: Use Carbon Credits to Stop Farmers From Burning Straw in Fields By admin India generates about 500 to 650 million tonnes of crop waste every year. Rice and wheat contribute…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingGM CropsNovember 5, 2015GM Pulses Can Relieve Shortage But Policy Support Missing, Says Research Institute Director By admin Narendra Pratap Singh, Director, IIPR, Kanpur. Photo by Vivian Fernandes In an article in the Indian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 4, 2015Opinion: Indian Agricultural Economists are Getting as Scarce as Monsoon Rain By admin There are hundreds of economists in India specializing in monetary and fiscal policy, investment and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 3, 2015Delhi Would Breathe Easy if Punjab Farmers Did Not Burn Rice Straw By admin Punjab’s farmers would not be burning paddy straw as they prepare fields for wheat sowing in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 2, 2015Dressing Up to Go Nowhere? DBT Sets Up Bio-safety Support Unit By admin With the government unwilling to confront groups like the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and the Bharatiya…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 1, 2015Why Tur Dal is Rs 200 a Kg? By admin The current spike in dal prices is because the summer, June-October, crop is yet to arrive in the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingHybridsRiceOctober 31, 2015Herbicide Companies Must Drive Climate-resilient Direct Seeding of Rice By admin Bihar’s election scene is lush with issues pertaining to identity and development with leaders…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingBt cottonOctober 30, 2015Hybrid Seed Production Creates Plenty of Jobs By admin Irrespective of crops, hybrid seeds are more expensive than open pollinated varieties (OPVs).Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 28, 2015Politics has Become Toxic To Punjab's Agriculture: Ajay Vir Jakhar By admin From breadbasket of India, Punjab has become a basket-case economy. Endowed with ample water and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingGM CropsOctober 27, 2015Farmers Must Have the Choice to Accept or Reject GM Crop Technology: Anil Kakodkar By admin * Science and technology is value neutral. It is we who make it good or evil. Anil…Read more 0 0 0 Share