Agriculture PolicyFebruary 25, 2023Odisha Wants Millets Consumed as Staples to Create Demand for the Output it is Targetting By vivian fernandes This story based on an interview with Vivian Fernandes was published in thefederal.com on 22…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt technologyFebruary 3, 2023Pre-Budget Story: Old Age Pensions Not Alms, Raise Them: Development Economist Jean Dreze By vivian fernandes This story is based on Vivian Fernandes interview with development economist Jean Dreze for…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyFebruary 3, 2023Nice Ag-related Announcements in Budget, But Action on Climate Change Missing By vivian fernandes Is there is a pattern in the Finance Minister’s agriculture-related announcements in the budget?Read more 0 0 0 Share
BriefingDecember 27, 2022Mann Deshi Bank, Born of Audacity 25 Years Ago, Continues to Meet Rural Women's Needs, Says its CEO By vivian fernandes How do you provide banking services to rural women who are usually regarded as un-bankable because…Read more 0 0 0 Share
TechnologyDecember 27, 2022Demand for Microbials Set to Take Off, Says Kan Biosys Founder, as Farmers Realise that Healthy Soils Mean Healthy Crops By vivian fernandes The market for microbials that boost or protect crop yields is growing at a compounded annual rate…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyDecember 1, 2022Despite Knocks and Shocks, Mahyco Re-Applies for Nod to HTBt Cotton "In Good Faith," Says Shirish Barwale By vivian fernandes Price and royalty controls remain but Mahyo reapplies for approval of herbicide-tolerant and…Read more 0 0 1 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyNovember 16, 2022Centre Defends Environmental Release of GM Mustard Hybrid DMH-11 and its Parental Lines in Supreme Court By vivian fernandes Excerpts from the government’s reply of 9 November, 2022 to writ petitions No 260 of 2005…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyNovember 11, 2022Should We Await Tests on Honeybees and Pollinators Before Consuming GM Mustard? By vivian fernandes Did the regulator for GM plants make haste in recommending the release of a genetically modified…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyNovember 11, 2022Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Protection Authority and Seed Industry, Pepsico at Loggerheads By vivian fernandes India has a unique law for the protection of plant varieties but the authority administering the law…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyOctober 27, 2022Australia Approves GM Indian Mustard Tolerant to Herbicide. Why Must India's GM Mustard Hybrid Wait? By vivian fernandes With the Australian authorities approving the release of Indian mustard genetically-modified (GM)…Read more 0 0 0 Share