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Making anaemic women
8 March 2019 6:29 PM GMTA research paper states that cattle slaughter ban may turn today’s girls into anaemic women in their prime reproductive age
Why golden rice is a threat
25 Feb 2019 4:32 PM GMTIn Bangladesh, following the announcement regarding cultivating golden rice within 3 months, farmers and environment groups take to country-wide...
Trial after error
19 Feb 2019 3:35 PM GMTSupreme Court’s decision to resend Monsanto’s cotton case to the trial court will ensure judicial scrutiny of all aspects of the patent
FPOs need their very own Amul
22 Aug 2018 3:25 PM GMTInstead of encouraging them on paper, the government must create a few model FPOs and provide institutional support to them
Who robbed Narmada?
13 March 2018 4:06 PM GMTFarmers in Gujarat prepare for a bleak future and protests as Narmada water disappears from canals.
Allay farmers' concerns
23 Jan 2018 4:03 PM GMTWith an evident dip in agricultural growth, can the 2018-’19 budget alleviate farmers’ distress?
Farmers' fate pestered
1 Jan 2018 2:18 PM GMTAfter an erratic monsoon, farmers in nine states are struggling with pest outbreaks
Business begins without plan of action
5 April 2017 4:01 PM GMTWill NITI Aayog’s vision be any different from the top-down approach of its predecessor?
People of no land
7 Jan 2017 8:13 PM GMTThe Jharkhand government has achieved what even the British rule could not—the complete alienation of the tribal population from their land....
Crop insurance scheme hits premium hurdle
6 Sep 2016 9:16 PM GMTIndia’s most ambitious crop insurance scheme till date is likely to be derailed in its very first phase, as states are hesitant to implement it...
India pins hopes on Myanmar pulses
16 July 2016 9:57 PM GMTFaced with shortage of pulses and increasing prices, India plans to encourage private companies to acquire land for exclusively growing pulses in...
Pulses neglected for long
21 Jun 2016 10:16 PM GMTIndia has not been able to see a net increase in land under pulses cultivation since the 1960s. Though land under pulses cultivation has seen an...