Agriculture PolicyAugust 14, 2025Can Hydroponics Address the Shortage of Green Fodder and Raise Milk Yields? By vivian fernandes There is an eleven percent shortage of green fodder in the country, the government told the Rajya…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyApril 19, 2025India Risks Reverting to Being a Cotton Importer With No New Borer Control Technology By vivian fernandes Raw cotton imports in the first six months of the last financial year were more than exports. This…Read more 0 0 0 Share
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 PolicyJuly 29, 2024Shivraj Singh Chouhan Is Seen As a Good Fit for the Ag Ministry, But Performance Requires Chemistry With PM By vivian fernandes This article by Vivian Fernandes was first published on NDTVProfit.com The appointment of four times…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyApril 16, 2024Congress Manifesto Should Have Promised Income Support to Smallholder Farmers Rather than Legal Backing for MSP By vivian fernandes This article by Vivian Fernandes in thequint.com The Congress Party’s promise to farmers in its…Read more 0 0 2 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
Bt technologyFebruary 15, 2024Smallholder Farmers Need Minimum Income Assurance; MSP as Legal Guarantee is Not the Way to Do It By vivian fernandes Farmers face weather and price risks. In irrigated Punjab, the weather risk is substantially…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 PolicyFebruary 12, 2024Recounting Hits and Misses of Agriculture Policy in Run Up to the Interim Budget By vivian fernandes By convention finance ministers refrain from announcing schemes requiring large budget outlays in…Read more 0 0 6 Share
BriefingOctober 3, 2023Swati Nayak: A Bridge Between Breeders and Smallholder Rice Farmers in Eastern India, Bangladesh and Africa By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes interviewed Swati Nayak for upon her winning the 2023 Norman Borlaug Award for…Read more 0 0 0 Share