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SC’s Split Verdict On GM Mustard Can Be A Setback For Agro-Tech Research

August 5, 2024

The Supreme Court’s split verdict on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrid is a setback for agricultural biotechnology in the country. It might be confirmed or reversed by a larger bench. In the July 25 judgment, Justice Sanjay Karol

Will Legally Guaranteed Enhanced MSP Aid Crop Diversification?

Vivian Fernandes

March 18, 2024

Commentary

The protesting farmers of Punjab have put their stir on hold after suffering a fatality and some casualties in Haryana Police’s tear gas firing in the third week of February. Their strategy is not clear as, once the model code of conduct

Nano Urea Being Hailed As Miracle Fertiliser By The Government Without Much Evidence

Vivian Fernandes

February 28, 2024

Commentary

This government cannot be faulted for evidence-based decision-making. It has promoted traditional agriculture, chemical-free organic cultivation, and back-to-basics Zero Budget Farming. One or more of these concepts has been mentioned in four of the past five Budget speeches. In her 2023 budget

Farmers Protest 2.0: The Bell Tolls For The Government

Jayanta Bhattacharya

February 24, 2024

In Focus

Farmers are protesting again. Just a little over two years after they withdrew their year-long siege on Delhi’s borders following the withdrawal of the three farm laws and assurance provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a nationwide, prime-time television address of

AgriStack In Its Current Form Is A Half-Baked Idea

Kalyan Chatterjee

February 19, 2024

Deep Dive

Though the Green Revolution helped India achieve food self-sufficiency, it began to run out of steam by the mid-1990s when growth in population started to outstrip rise in agricultural productivity. Over the next decade or so it became clear that unless another

The MSP Battle Remains Unresolved Even As India’s Greatest Agriculture Scientist Breathed His Last

Jayanta Bhattacharya

October 9, 2023

Top Story

Even as farmer unions are aggressively seeking minimum support price (MSP) as per the recommendation of the Swaminathan Commission, the Union Government has on several occasions claimed to be abiding by its suggestions. The concerns raised by farmers “mainly related to (a)

Integrated Farming System Can Double Small Farmers’ Incomes, Says Agricultural Scientist

Kalyan Chatterjee

October 4, 2023

Sustainability

The government’s abortive attempt to introduce market-oriented reforms in the farm sector in the face of stiff opposition from farmers in 2020-21 has only served to highlight the crisis that has overtaken agriculture in India. But those who have the biggest stake

Food For Thought: Can Conservation Agriculture Mitigate Climate Change Impact?

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 18, 2023

Commentary

Food security no longer remains simply a matter of increasing productivity and growing more grains. High-yielding varieties, extensive use of fertilisers and more irrigation worked like magic for the past few decades to pull India out of its dependence on imports to