Agriculture PolicyBriefingFebruary 14, 2020Hatsun Agro's MD says More Processing Capacity Not Needed; Indian Dairy Can be Cost-Competitive with Protein-Rich Fodder By vivian fernandes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech set a target of doubling India’s annual…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 10, 2018Cooking Oil Self-Sufficiency Can't be Achieved by Revisiting High Tariffs of the Late 1980s By vivian fernandes Import duties on cooking oil have been raised four times since last August. But without productivity…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyNovember 24, 2017How to Save Vidarbha and Marathwada Farmers from Debt Traps and Self-Engineered Deaths? By admin How can the cotton and soybean farmers of Vidarbha and Marathwada supplement their incomes so they…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyMay 13, 2017Even if GM Mustard is Approved for Cultivation, IPR Concerns Will Cloud Investment Outlook By admin The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has recommended to the environment minister the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyOctober 17, 2016Dear Nitish Kumarji, There Are Quite a Few Slips in Your Letter to PM on GM Mustard By admin Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inveighed against genetically-modified (GM) mustard. In a…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJuly 14, 2016McCain, Campco Model Would Boost the Cashew Economy By admin Just five kilometres from Mangalore (now Mangaluru) city centre, off the highway to the Jain…Read more 0 0 Share
BriefingJuly 11, 2016Dear Prime Minister, Why Not Treat Our Pulses Farmers Like Mozambique's? By admin India’s trade arrangement with Mozambique on pulses with an assurance of guaranteed purchases over…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingGM CropsHybridsJune 30, 2016Why GEAC Must Not Give in to Anti-GM Activists on GM Mustard By admin Last week Kavita Kuruganti and six other activists who call themselves grandly as the Coalition for…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingGM CropsJune 29, 2016Reminding Anti-GM Mustard Activists Why Import Curbs on Edible Oils are Bad By admin While trashing genetically-modified (GM) mustard developed by Delhi University’s geneticist Deepak…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingJune 23, 2016Food Price Inflation Should Be Fought With Sound Policies, Not Policing By admin At a meeting on 7 June to check food price inflation, the consumer affairs ministry announced a slew…Read more 0 0 Share