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Science, folklore, policy lore can be selectively combined in a convenient mix to extend and expand the argument for and against the idea of the “se...
The rains seem to have arrived at the time of going to press but till August end there has been a 12 per cent shortfall in seasonal rainfall during th...
With talks about a second Green Revolution in eastern India in the air, there is need to explore whether there is a fair and adequate understanding of...
Any talk about the multi-crore programme to usher in the second Green Revolution should be prefaced with two questions. Who decided that the count...
When one farmer works hard he becomes rich; when all farmers work hard, all farmers become poor India has made great strides i...
The National Food Security Bill that came up in July 2011 is considered a significant step towards ensuring the fundamental Right to Life. T...
The rains seem to have arrived at the time of going to press but till August end there has been a 12 per cent shortfall in seasonal rainfall during th...
The National Food Security Bill that came up in July 2011 is considered a significant step towards ensuring the fundamental Right to Life. The preamble to the bill has drawn from a series of international conventions starting with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 1929 (Article 25), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural [...]
When one farmer works hard he becomes rich; when all farmers work hard, all farmers become poor India has made great strides in increasing agriculture production over the last many years. It is time that the country focused on farmer prosperity. Very often, wrong data, incorrect interpretation of facts and lopsided analyses have [...]
India has made great strides in increasing agricultural production over the last few years. Now it is time for it to focus on farmer prosperity. Often, incorrect data and interpretation, as well as lopsided analyses, have had a damaging impact. Accurate data collection and innovative thinking are needed to address the myriad issues around [...]
Date : 08th January, 2013 Dear Sir, This is to invite you to attend the Conference on ’Land Acquisition Bill: Issues and Concerns of the Indian Farmer’ to be held on 9th January, 2013 from 10:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. followed by Lunch, at Lecture Room 2, India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi – 110003. The purpose [...]
Elucidate before implementation; Does 30% SME purchase clause include agriculture produce? In all the arguments that came my way against allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Multi brand retail (MBR), the one argument that rose above the din and sent me probing was; would FDI only mean profits for the Americans and jobs for the [...]
Date : 9th November, 2012 PRESS RELEASE “Farmers welcome the stand of the government of India rejecting the recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) in the Hon. Supreme Court for imposing a moratorium on field trials of GM crops. Moratorium would have also prevented Indian scientists and companies from focusing on emerging technologies, allowing other [...]
Science, folklore, policy lore can be selectively combined in a convenient mix to extend and expand the argument for and against the idea of the “second green revolution” that focuses on raising productivity of primarily rice-growing regions in India located in the eastern Indian states. There is an apparently straight forward dispute about how the [...]
The rains seem to have arrived at the time of going to press but till August end there has been a 12 per cent shortfall in seasonal rainfall during this year’s monsoon for the country. The actual rainfall received for the period June, 2012 to August 31, 2012 is 627.6 mm, against the normal rainfall [...]
The lingering challenge of every world food day till date has been on how to end hunger and poverty. The cacophony of opinions on the subject only presents us further with a conundrum that should the nation be more anxious about the impeding food crises or be apprehensive about inadequate grain storage space. We easily [...]
With talks about a second Green Revolution in eastern India in the air, there is need to explore whether there is a fair and adequate understanding of the requirements of eastern India to put in place the right policies to bring about a sustainable intensification of agriculture and unleash a second round of Green Revolution. [...]
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