Agriculture PolicyBt technologyAugust 3, 2024Indian Express Welcomes Collaboration Between RiceTec and Mahyco for Climate-Smart Rice-Wheat Cultivation By vivian fernandes The Indian Express in an editorial in the 2 August edition, welcomes the collaboration between…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFebruary 12, 2024The Govt Must Review The Science of Nano Urea Before Promoting Nano DAP By vivian fernandes In the Interim Budget Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared that the government would promote…Read more 0 0 6 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 9, 2020IARI's Fungal Decomposer Makes Little Difference to In-field Paddy Straw and Stubble Management Practices By vivian fernandes The fungal solution does not degrade paddy straw and stubble in fields quickly enough for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBiodiversityApril 4, 2018No Conflict Between Patent and Plant Breeders' Rights, Says New Chairman of PPVFR Authority By vivian fernandes Creating awareness about the rights of farmers and plant breeders to the plant material they have…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingMarch 26, 2018If Sudanese Envoy Finds India's Solar Pumps Magical; Won't Cutting-edge Research in Africa's Orphan Crops be Truly Transformative? By vivian fernandes Solar pumps are a “magical product” says Sirajuddin Hamid Yousif, the ambassador of Sudan, which…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsFebruary 28, 2017IARI's Research Director Says Genetic Engineering Necessary for Desired Traits in 13 Priority Crop Plants By admin Though the science of genetic engineering of crop plants has been vilified by activists because of…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJanuary 10, 2017Is the Green Revolution Model Unsuitable for Tribal Farmers? By admin The do-gooders from Jawarharlal Nehru University and Delhi University who three decades ago gave…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonGM CropsAugust 24, 2015In the National Interest Prime Minister Modi Must Speak Up His Support for GM Crop Technology By admin I wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke up for agricultural biotechnology in his Independence Day…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyRiceJuly 11, 2015Bihar Has Caught Up With National Rice Yield: Food Production Commissioner By admin The first IARI was set up at Pusa village in Samastipur district of Bihar. After an earthquake in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyGM CropsJuly 6, 2015Genetic Modification is an Option for Disease-resistance in Rice: IARI’s Head of Genetics By admin Over the next four years, Indian Agricultural Research Institute intends to make its rice…Read more 0 0 0 Share