Agriculture News, Farming News, Research, Horticulture
Agriculture sector has shown great resilience during COVID-19 lockdown. And therefore, it is the time to leverage recovery opportunities. – Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India writes
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Over the past few weeks, much has been written on the newly enacted farm bills, which have been termed “historic” by the proponents while “death warrant” for farmers by the opposition groups. Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, FSII, writes how these laws are going to benefit the farmers
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Gene editing will increase pace for developing high yielding, stress resilient, sustainable and nutritive varieties in multiple crops in the next decade or so, positively impacting food security in a sustainable manner, writes Dr Ratna Kumria and Dr Shivendra Bajaj
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Bt cotton in India and Bt Brinjal in Bangladesh experience that the benefits of “To Bt” choice by far are preferable to the losses of “Not to Bt”, Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI) writes
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Dr. Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India writes on the regulatory framework and need for GM engineered crops in India
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Gene editing can enable genetic changes similar to conventional breeding, in a single generation in a precise manner. Writes Dr. Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India
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Farmers must be urged to adopt digital and mechanised ways to grow crops. Various government schemes can be used to get financial assistance and guidance to buy or rent farm machinery and equipments. Dr. Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India writes…
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