Agriculture PolicyFebruary 5, 2022UP's Next Government Must Invest in the Sugarcane-based Circular Economy, says Harish Damodaran By vivian fernandes Uttar Pradesh’s next government must invest in the sugarcane-based circular economy, says…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 22, 2018Govt's Target of Doubling Milk Output Might be Up-ended by Unrealistic Assumptions, Love of Indigenous Breeds By vivian fernandes Not only are the government’s targets to raise milk production by 80 percent and treble dairy…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyDecember 8, 2017No Easy Place for Doing Farming: It Takes 2-3 Years to Get Approval for a New Fertilizer Product in India By admin India may have jumped 30 ranks up in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index but how about…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingMarch 16, 2017Same Party Government in UP as at the Centre is an Opportunity for Cane Pricing Reform By admin The same party voted to rule Uttar Pradesh as the centre is an opportunity to fix the endemic…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingDecember 13, 2016Agriculture Ministry Sows Confusion on Import Duty Rates, Might Provoke Farmer-Voter Ire By admin The ministry had estimated the 2015-16 wheat harvest at 93.50 million tonnes, up from 86.53 million…Read more 0 0 Share
BriefingSeptember 2, 2016Onions, Potatoes, Pulses... Govt Caps Farmers' Profits But Not Losses: Harish Damodaran By admin In a comment in the Indian Express, Harish Damodaran, its Rural Affairs Editor explains how farmers…Read more 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 3, 2016Imports Keep Edible Oil Prices in Check Despite Low Domestic Production By admin At 20.08 million tonnes in 2014-15, India consumed nearly nine times the quantity (2.29 million…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingGM CropsFebruary 11, 2016Why is China Wooing GM Candidate With Rich Garland? By admin Why is ChinaChem coveting Syngenta, which had spurned Monsanto’s overtures for merger six months…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt cottonGM CropsDecember 24, 2015Indian Express Editor Calls Price Order a Return to Control Raj; MMBL Moves Court Against It By admin Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court for quashing of the price…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