BriefingDecember 6, 2020Punjab’s Procurement-Driven Agriculture Needs Managed Market-oriented Change By vivian fernandes Fear and grievance have impelled droves of farmers in Punjab to lay siege of Delhi, reports Vivian…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 3, 2020When Punjab Farmers Demand Procurement at MSP They Mean Assured Prices and an End to Income Uncertainty By vivian fernandes Punjab’s farmers are bivouacking at Delhi’s Singhu border. It looks like they have come…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 2, 2020Rather than Fear a Sell-out to Companies, Punjab Farmers Must Welcome Them for Crop Diversification By vivian fernandes A Punjab farmer leader said at a press conference on Sunday, 29 November, that one of the reasons…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingNovember 20, 2020Farming in Small Self-Help Groups Could Help Farmers Produce More - and Profitably By vivian fernandes How to ensure that farmers produce enough surplus to gain from higher prices and expanded markets?Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 20, 2020Online Agri-trading Platforms Need to be Data Science Driven; A New Central Law Could Drive Their Volumes By vivian fernandes Online trading platforms are creating a unified countrywide market for agricultural produce which is…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingMaizeNovember 17, 2020Bayer Says Its Short-Stature Maize Gives More Yield With Lesser Inputs Despite Denser Planting By vivian fernandes One of the ways in which Bayer intends to make agriculture sustainable is through innovations like…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingNovember 2, 2020Some Companies See Agriculture as an Ecological Service; They are Paying Farmers for Carbon Credits By vivian fernandes Bayer is rewarding farmers in some US states with $10 per acre for following low-carbon farming…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 24, 2020APMC Mandis Won't be Affected by FPTC Act if Their Total Charges are Below 1.5 Percent: Ramesh Chand By vivian fernandes Markets or mandis regulated by state Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Acts can…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 22, 2020'Central Legislation Over-riding APMC Acts will Create One Nation and a Million Markets' By vivian fernandes An official of the Karnataka government who has been in the driver’s seat of agricultural…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 14, 2020PM Modi Gives Farmers Freedom to Tap Markets but Not to Access Technology By vivian fernandes The centre has overridden the states and brought in a law to give farmers a choice of agricultural…Read more 0 41702 0 Share
