A threat to food security
The National Food Security Bill, a high risk venture of UPA government, is more a product of soft politics than hard economics. The Bill promises to...
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GM crop: Biotech regulators’ career paths show conflicts of interest
… Maharashtra needs to revisit the approval for GM crop field trails : Dr. Devinder Sharma Maharashtra’s nod for GM crop field trials: Problem is the falling farm incomes; and the solution being offered is the...
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SJM urges Modi for ‘course correction’ in NITI Aayog
SJM urges Modi for ‘course correction’ in NITI...
Read MoreDavid Walker to chair WTO agriculture talks
Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture, which oversees the agriculture negotiations at the WTO. Ambassador Walker replaces Ambassador...
Read MoreIndia deserves a better Food Security Bill
‘Any meaningful food security programme should aim at gradually reducing the number of hungry dependent on government support,’ says Devinder Sharma. ‘This is only possible if the government had looked at the...
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How Monsanto found an able adversary in the Sangh parivaar
The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) — an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the...
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‘You can’t build concrete jungles on agricultural land’
From the time the Narendra Modi government started pushing the Land Acquisition Bill, the Swadeshi...
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Maharashtra needs to revisit the approval for GM crop field trails : Dr. Devinder Sharma
Maharashtra’s nod for GM crop field trials: Problem is the falling farm incomes; and the...
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India confirms drought as El Nino looms
Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first drought in three years, the...
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New Delhi’s Hunger Games
With economic growth in the doldrums, the rupee hovering near a historic low and business...
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A million acres of glyphosate-resistant weeds in Canada?
More than one million acres of Canadian farmland have glyphosate-resistant weeds growing on them,...
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Govt approves sale of 6.5 mn tonnes wheat to bulk consumers
The government has said that it will sell 6.5 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers like flour...
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