Agriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 28, 2015Why the Concept of 'Negawatts' Should Apply to Wasted Food By admin India grows twenty eight percent of the world’s bananas and is the top producing nation in the…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingHybridsAugust 27, 2015Crops Grown Between Palms Will Decide the Future of Coconut Plantations By admin ‘Upar ki kamayi,’ is one of the attractions of a government job for those who believe public…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonGM CropsAugust 24, 2015In the National Interest Prime Minister Modi Must Speak Up His Support for GM Crop Technology By admin I wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke up for agricultural biotechnology in his Independence Day…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesAgriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 18, 2015Making Solar-powered Irrigation Affordable By admin Bhavarlal Jain with his three icons: Mahatma Gandhi, JRD Tata and Jawaharlal Nehru. When I…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonBt technologyAugust 15, 2015Govt Must Stand Up to Anti-science Opponents of GM Technology: Ashok Chowgule By admin Ashok Chowgule, VHP’s Working President (External). Photo provided by author. Given the proven…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agricultural SubsidiesBriefingAugust 6, 2015If Rural Distress is Acute, Harsh Mander, Why is Farm Labour in Short Supply? By admin In a commentary on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (Many Degrees of Hopelessness in Villages…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingHybridsAugust 2, 2015Government Policies Discourage Pulses Production, Says Research Institute Director By admin Pulses are kind on the environment. The amount of water used for one hectare of wheat can irrigate…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM EndorsementsJuly 29, 2015Bt Chickpea and Bt Pigeonpea Would be 'the Biggest Revolution' in Pulses: Icrisat's CLL Gowda By admin The pod borer is a ‘major problem’ which can destroy up to 60 percent of pigeonpea…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyGM CropsHybridsJuly 28, 2015Coordinated National Effort Can Double Pulses Production: CLL Gowda By admin CLL Gowda, just-retired Dy Director-General of Icrisat. Question: The lack of productivity-improving…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyRiceJuly 18, 2015CRRI Director Wants National Policy To Determine Eligibility of Regions to Grow Rice By admin The Central Rice Research Institute was set up at Cuttack in Orissa in 1946 after the Great Bengal…Read more 0 0 0 Share
