Agri reforms: Misjudged yet a step in right direction
Agri reforms have broken the APMC monopoly and since June 2020, out-of-mandi farmer sales have grown sharply while mandi transactions have plunged 40 percent, Jasmohan Singh writes
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Agri reforms have broken the APMC monopoly and since June 2020, out-of-mandi farmer sales have grown sharply while mandi transactions have plunged 40 percent, Jasmohan Singh writes
Read MorePolicymakers must devise ways to reduce the impact of monsoon on the growth of the agrochemical sector. Pradip Dave, President, PMFAI suggests ways to make agriculture climate-resilient, key for for the growth of agrochemicals industry
Read MoreCOVID-19 pandemic has globally impacted the lives, environment and biodiversity in many ways. Abhijit Das, PhD Scholar at ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute and Bidyut Pritom Gogoi, M.Sc. Scholar, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (DRPCAU) write on the COVID-19 impacts on lives
Read MoreAgriculture 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
Read MoreOver 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
Read MoreIntegrated pest management is an integral part of the agricultural practices in the tropical areas. India is one of the most pest-affected areas in the world and grows the most of the world’s foodgrains, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, Insecticides (India) writes on need of right crop protection methods
Read MoreIndian agrochemical industry is on the verge of a double whammy owing to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic that forced the economic activities to shut, coupled with the proposed ban on 27 generic molecules which is going to increase the input cost. Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, Insecticides (India) writes on the shift in the economy of agrochemical industry in India
Read MoreThe introduction and passage of farm bills have been the most contentious issue in the Indian political and economic deliberations in past one month. Dr Poornima Advani, former chairperson, National Commission for Women writes on the issue
Read MoreGene 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
Read MoreBt 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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