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Facilitating the Minimum Support Price for Farmers
Several commissions have been set up from time to time to address the issue of foodgrain pricing. However, the PM-ASHAA scheme launched in the 2017-18 Union Budget is expected to revisit the challenge...
India’s Drip Irrigation Policy
The method of drip irrigation has several advantages over the flow method. Despite this, only 14.5 per cent of its potential is being utilised in Indian agriculture. Concerted efforts to encourage mor...
Challenges for India’s Irrigation Sector
Over dependence on groundwater poses a tough challenge to the agriculture sector, especially in water scarce regions and during dry spells. Measures such as precision farming, incentivising farmers fo...
M S Swaminathan | Green Revolution should not become Greed Revolution
Green Revolution should not become Greed Revolution
GM Cotton: Can We Restore the Technology?
In India, the efficacy of biotechnology and genetic modification appears to have taken a hit with the latest trend anticipating a decline in the yields of Bt cotton and a hostile climate pervading for...
Negotiating the GM Minefield
Progress in biotechnology has brought in genetically modified (GM) crops that are expected to change the agricultural contours. However, unlike the developed world, there are latent as well as vocal a...