A case of policy flip-flop? No permission to Flipkart for online food retailing, while others are doing it
It is difficult to Understand why the govt has refused permission to Flipkart for online food retailing, citing FDI policy, while other e-com players are doing it.
Retaining improved air quality after Covid-19 lockdown
Three-tier mixed species forests along the Yamuna can scrub air columns of pollutants
Fruit for thought! Lockdown has forced farmers into shock sales — and debt
Everyone in the banana supply chain seems to be gaining from the lockdown, except growers.
Covid-19 impact: Making seeds available for monsoon sowing is essential
The federation cites China, Thailand and the Philippines as examples of countries that have given priority for seeds among goods for transportation.
How solarisation of irrigation can conserve groundwater and provide income to farmers
About 10 diesel pumps in the vicinity of the solar pumps became uncompetitive and quit the market. The cooperative’s members still made more money at Rs 12.5 a unit than they would have if they had sold that power to the ut
Why ICAR needs to reinvent itself
If ICAR is to reinvent itslef as an agile research organisation and India's public agricultural R&D infrastructure is to be strengthened, transparency is a must
Draft genome-editing guidelines are restrictive
In Argentina, which is a large food exporter, if the final plant variety has transgenic material, it is regulated as a genetically-modified organism.
Mirzapur could wipe away India’s onion tears
The sandy loam of the Indo-Gangetic Plain is just right for onions as it drains well. A drive, thus, to encourage production in this belt could check onion price fluctuations.
Straw-man stands threaten crop stubble management
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) estimates that Punjab and Haryana produced 28 million tonnes of rice straw in 2018. 36% of it was left in the fields. A fifth was removed. The rest was burnt.
Seed-tech firms are looking to charge farmers on the basis of crop outcome
Crop yield is influenced by the genetic traits of seeds, as also by factors like composition of the soil, organic matter, presence of beneficial microbes, moisture, temperature, nutrients, and crop protection measures.
Reaping riches from rice research
From developing varieties that don’t need flooding of fields to enriching the grain’s nutrient content, IRRI is making rice a wonder crop
UP govt must take steps to manage diabetes during pregnancy
Men and non-expectant women are regarded as having diabetes if their blood glucose level is above 199mg/dl. If it is in the 139-199mg/dl range, they are in the pre-diabetes stage.
Why India’s dalhan success will elude tilhan
Though palm oil has a high proportion of unhealthy saturated fats-45% compared to 6% in mustard oil-there is no way India can affordably meets its growing needs without relying on it.
Agricultural growth needs warehousing reforms
Customers initially allowed him to do so, but when they realised he was gaining more than the warehouse rents, they renegotiated the contracts.
Back to basics with zero-budget natural farming
The back-to-basics leap must await the results of ZBNF trials being conducted under the aegis of ICAR and an investigation by a committee appointed by the NITI Aayog.
Satyagraha for GM technology: Who will compensate farmers for losses?
Government’s lack of accountability on GM crops is driving farmers to commit illegality, And risk monetary fines & prison sentences.
Dispelling falsehoods about GM crops
What India can learn from the Philippines, which set up a Biotech Program Office in 2000 to promote the responsible use of agri-biotechnology to sustain food security
Making contract farming suitable for farmers
Do farmers’ rights under PPVFR Act mean trading rights? The PepsiCo case could’ve decided this.
Farm production: Are we growing enough pulses?
We are moving towards self-sufficiency. The annual pulses production averaged 23.7 million tonnes in the past three years, an 80% increase over the average of the three-year period ending 2003-04. This was led by chickpea, wh
India’s silent chickpea revolution: How agri-scientists in Andhra Pradesh are resurrecting the crop
Once a winter favourite for farmers in North India, the crop lost ground there to wheat and rice. But, in Andhra Pradesh's hot climes, it is being ressurected by research efforts of agri-scientists.
Has Punjab lost affinity for agricultural research?
In the last 10 years, there has been no significant representation from Punjab—India’s first Green Revolution state—to the Agricultural Research Service, nor have students from Punjab been well-represented at central ag
Govt policies have shrunk Mahyco’s ag-biotech research spending by 70%: Usha Barwale Zehr
Our goal is to develop products that farmers can plant. We have doubled up on research in molecular markers (that help select plants with desirable traits). We have also made significant investments in microbial seed treatmen
Merger of rail budget with main budget allows Railways avoid public scrutiny of failures
The Railways' operating ratio, or the share of expenditure in revenue, this year was 96.2%—2 ppt better than the year before, but a 3.4 ppt slip over the target of 92.8%. When this govt took over, the ratio was 94%.
Focus on science, not divine powers
Going by the agriculture ministry’s priorities, India will certainly need a yagya for sustainable development
Pro-GM journalist, not lobbyist – CSE gets it wrong on many fronts on GM content in food
Centre for Science and Environment deputy director-general Chandra Bhushan has, in his September 26 response (bit.ly/2OQwuLp) to my article of September 10 (bit.ly/2Me04bJ), said that I have “cast aspersions” on CSE’s s
Chrolophile: Can canola displace wheat in Punjab?
The global prices of canola do not favour domestic producers despite the high import duty of 50%
The truth behind genetically modified food imports in India
CSE is wrong—import of GM food is allowed, and it isn’t unregulated. The GEAC IS Empowered to regulate Such Imports.
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