Agriculture PolicyMarch 26, 2024Any Crop Combination That Doesn't Include Paddy is Not the Most Profitable By vivian fernandes Even if there is assured procurement at minimum support prices (MSP) of other crops, any combination…Read more 0 0 1 Share
Agriculture PolicyMarch 13, 2024Raising MSP to Levels Demanded By Protesting Farmers Will Feed Inflation, Cause Shift in Cropping Patterns, Two Economists Say By vivian fernandes If minimum support prices (MSP) were to be 50 percent above comprehensive or C2 cost, as the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMarch 4, 2024Will Guaranteed Procurement of Alternatives at Enhanced MSP Wean Punjab Farmers from Rice? By vivian fernandes The governemnt procures wheat and rice, currently, at minimum support prices MSP). For the purpose…Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 8, 2020Why Compelling Traders to Pay MSP is a Terrible Idea By vivian fernandes There is creeping nationalisation of the rice and wheat trade owing to high procurement prices, says…Read more 0 1 0 Share
BriefingDecember 7, 2020Punjab Needs a Rs 10,000 cr High-Value Crop Diversification Package over Five Years, says Ag Economist By vivian fernandes Agricultural economist Ashok Gulati, who was Chairman of the Commission on Agricultural Costs and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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
Agriculture PolicyBriefingSeptember 30, 2020Govt’s Stealthy and High-handed Attitude has Tarnished the Reformist Farm Bills By vivian fernandes The three farm bills on agri-trading, contract farming and stockholding which Parliament passed…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingSeptember 20, 2020Why are Punjab and Haryana Farmers Protesting? By vivian fernandes The reason why Punjab and Haryana farmers are protesting the central laws reforming agricultural…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyMaizeApril 16, 2015How To Get Punjab Farmers to Like Makka in Fields And Not Just in Their Rotis By admin The agriculture ministry is considering a plan to deposit directly into farmers’ bank accounts the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
