Africa agriculture trade monitor 2023
The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including
Cotton
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Bt brinjal: A lost cause?
Unlike in Bt cotton, there is no organised lobby of growers to push the case for commercialisation of Bt brinjal, says HARISH DAMODARAN.
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Growing technology (Editorial)
The initial failure of the monsoon in large parts of India, and the subsequent floods in the South, are seriously affecting production of our major crops. Sugarcane is expected to decline by nearly 30 per cent in Maharashtra. Incomes of small rain-fed farms in semi-arid Andhra Pradesh could decline by 20 per cent under harsher climate, forcing farmers closer to the poverty line.
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Rains provide relief to cotton farmers
BHAWANIPATNA: The current climate has come as a relief for the cotton farmers of Kalahandi district who have been panicky over the prospects of paddy crop due to a long dry spell and fickle monsoon.
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India approves export of Bt cotton seeds to Pakistan
Indias regulatory body for GM crops, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has approved export of Bt cotton seeds to Pakistan.
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Rains provide relief to cotton farmers
BHAWANIPATNA: The current climate has come as a relief for the cotton farmers of Kalahandi district who have been panicky over the prospects of paddy crop due to a long dry spell and fickle monsoon.
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Relative efficacy of rain water conservation techniques and organic sources under rainfed condition
Rain water conservation techniques, like large compartmental bunding and furrow opening in between the crop rows in combination with organic sources were evaluated for their impact on increasing the productivity
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Govt decides to use CLCV tolerant Bt cotton varieties
Realizing the importance of cash crop, cotton, the government has decided that Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV) tolerant Bt. Conventional varieties would be preferred and no extraneous pressure in this regard would be accepted.
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Cotton farmers demand Rs 4,500 as MSP
Bathinda: Following the protest call given earlier, hundreds of cotton farmers assembled under the joint banner of six farmers
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Punjab farmers warned against complacency on Bt cotton
A Jammu-based agricultural scientist has warned farmers growing Bt cotton in Punjab and Haryana against complacency, as the cash crop could fall prey to various pests in the coming years.
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Brazils victory
The WTO upholds Brazil