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A requiem for pulses!
4 July 2018 10:14 PM ISTIf paddy farmers get a raise, wheat farmers in Rabi can also expect a similar dispensation. Wheat shares a competitive advantage with paddy
Market for organic producers
19 May 2016 3:02 AM ISTBoth the departments of agriculture and tourism, under the Government of West Bengal, along with the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata, are...
PMKSY anchorage : Agriculture port is a better bet
4 May 2016 5:07 AM ISTA caveat is in order. Yours truly was the Mission Director for the National Mission on Micro Irrigation and the Mission for the Integrated Development...
The infinite potential of tourism
27 April 2016 4:02 AM ISTThe world of tourism is very different from that of the Agriculture Department. There is so much more zest, enthusiasm, and cheer in the...
Bringing pulses to the forefront
20 April 2016 1:47 AM ISTWhile most newspapers have been writing about the “succession” battle for the post of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, few have reported...
Game changer for agriculture
14 April 2016 3:04 AM ISTThis week's column will discuss the revamped National Agricultural Insurance Scheme, which has been named Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (PMFBY)....
The Budgetary Head for Interest Subvention
16 March 2016 2:24 AM ISTMost budgetary statements are open to more than one interpretation: the enhanced allocations to the Agriculture sector is no exception. This year, the...
The Gobind Bhog Utsab 2016
2 March 2016 2:00 AM ISTThe Agriculture Marketing Department’s Gobind Bhog Utsab will be remembered for a long time, not by all those who attended it but even by those who...
From the anecdotal to the empirical
24 Feb 2016 1:34 AM ISTThis is a report on two non–controversial, non–political, non–urban, small budget interventions, which do not fall under the radar of the mainstream...
Farmers of the world unite!
17 Feb 2016 3:12 AM ISTOne must begin with a caveat: Africa, as a continent with 54 countries is far more complex and diverse than India- which after all is a sub- continent...
Doubling farmers income by 2020
10 Feb 2016 3:27 AM ISTLast week, this column had discussed the successful conduct of the state level farmers’ festival at Burdwan in which the West Bengal Chief Minister...
Maati Tirtha, Maati Utsab
3 Feb 2016 3:09 AM ISTThis column derives its name and title from the farmers’ festival organised annually by the district administration of Burdwan and the Agriculture...