Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingHybridsAugust 2, 2015Government Policies Discourage Pulses Production, Says Research Institute Director By admin Pulses are kind on the environment. The amount of water used for one hectare of wheat can irrigate…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyHybridsAugust 1, 2015Why, Despite High Prices and Smart Seeds, Production of Pulses is Short of Demand By admin The gap between demand and domestic production which has stoked inflation in pulses also reflects…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyGM CropsHybridsJuly 28, 2015Coordinated National Effort Can Double Pulses Production: CLL Gowda By admin CLL Gowda, just-retired Dy Director-General of Icrisat. Question: The lack of productivity-improving…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt cottonHybridsJune 22, 2015CICR Prefers High Density Planting of Varieties to Bt Hybrids By admin Of eighty cotton producing countries, India is the only one to grow hybrids and it has gone…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyHybridsJune 7, 2015Grow Rice As If It's Wheat, Rice Scientist tells Bihar's Farmers By admin The weather has been acting up over the past few years with monsoons tending to be scanty and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
HybridsMaizeMay 29, 2015Private Seed Companies Must Switch to Quality Protein Maize Hybrids By admin Quality Protein Maize was developed by an Indian, Sudhir Vasal, along with Evangelina Villagas in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
HybridsMaizeApril 12, 2015Indian Farmers Will Have To Jump Many Hoops Before GM Maize: DuPont Pioneer's India Head By admin Question: Maize hybridization in India is estimated at 65 percent. What is holding back the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyHybridsMaizeApril 11, 2015Maize Should Become Part of National Conversation like Pulses and Oilseeds: Monsanto India CEO By admin The country’s production of maize has increased from 14.5 million tonnes to 24.4 milion tonnes in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
HybridsMaizeApril 11, 2015Please Go to Farmers With a Credible Product, Punjab Official Tells Seed Cos By admin Punjab gave the country food security but lost nutrition security, a lot of biodiversity and plenty…Read more 0 0 0 Share
HybridsMaizeFebruary 16, 2015Gujarat’s Attempts Tribal Welfare With Hybrid Maize By admin When Shugriben Ratva bakes yellow maize rotis on a clay griddle over a roaring wood fire a tradition…Read more 0 0 0 Share
