BriefingNovember 5, 2016Corporates Must Promote Conservation Agriculture in Punjab To End the Menace of Stubble-Burning in Fields By admin Winds blowing smoke and soot mainly from Punjab’s smouldering paddy fields have added to Delhi’s…Read more 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBiodiversityBriefingOctober 30, 2016Will Evaluate GE Mustard for Impact on Honey Bees After Release, Says National Research Coordinator on Pollinators By admin This is that time of the year when migratory bee keepers bring their colonies down from apple…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingOctober 27, 2016Govt Accuses Activists Opposing GM Mustard of Blatantly Lying in Supreme Court Affidavit By admin The government has asked the Supreme Court to “dismiss with exemplary costs” the…Read more 0 0 Share
BriefingOctober 25, 2016Akshayakalpa's Dairies in Tiptur are Designed for Entrepreneurial Farmers Who Aspire for High Incomes By admin Animal welfare has high priority in the dairies affiliated to Akshayakalpa, a private company set up…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingOctober 22, 2016No Country Makes All Information on For-Approval GM Crops Public, Says Rao of Biotech Advocacy Group By admin Activists are not satisfied with a 130-page summary of the bio-safety assessment report of GM…Read more 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
BriefingOctober 15, 2016Soybean Crop Brings Cheer to MP's Farmers but Falling Prices a Concern By admin After two years of bad crop, Deenabai Rathod is quite pleased that she has harvested 50 quintals of…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 14, 2016Farmers Care More About Access And Pricing of Seeds Than Ownership: J S Chauhan By admin Activists and left-wing ideologues talk about ‘seed sovereignty’ or the right of farmers to own…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonOctober 13, 2016Punjab Ag University is Testing Many Varieties and Hybrids of Bt Cotton: Research Director Gumber By admin Can you tell us something about the trials at Faridkot research station on longer-staple desi…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyOctober 11, 2016Over-rule GEAC Sub-Committee on GM Mustard Instantaneously, Bihar CM Urges PM in Letter By admin Respected Prime Minister, I have been informed that a technical panel of the Genetic…Read more 0 0 Share