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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Stagnation in yields of major crops key factor of economic crisis
): An important factor of the economic crisis is the underlying stagnation in yields per acre of major crops, a study of Planning Commission (PC) reported. Agriculture experts revealed that if the yield potential of the medium and small size farm sector is achieved, food shortages can be converted into food surpluses.
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Business of informal BT cotton is on peak
Ignoring bio-safety norms and business ethics, the cotton growers have sowed about 70 percent BT Cotton seed in different parts of Punjab and Sindh province, sources told Daily Times Tuesday.
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Undying promise: agricultural biotechnologys pro-poor narrative, ten years on
Many people and organisations have sought to promote genetically modified (GM, transgenic) crops as a
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Biotech crops in India: the dawn of a new era
This latest ISAAA publication provides comprehensive and up-to-date status of field trials and commercialization of biotech crops in India in 2008. It summarizes the national and farm-level impact during last seven years of commercialization of Bt cotton in India.
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Environment wont be stumbling block to growth: Jairam
New Delhi: Signaling the direction in which the UPA Government will move with regard to industrialisation in its second innings, new Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said environmental issues would not be allowed to become
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Bt cotton and the myth of enhanced yields
It is presumed that remarkable increases in cotton productivity in India have come about through bacillus thuringiensis cotton and that this approach therefore must be replicated in other crops.
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Brazil To Debut Rust-Resistant Soy
Brazil is set to begin commercial planting of a soybean variety with a gene that makes it resistant to the devastating Asian rust fungus, which is beginning to develop tolerance to conventional fungicides. Local growers could markedly reduce production costs if the new variety, which was developed by the Fundacao MT in Brazil's No. 1 soybean state of Mato Grosso, proves effective.
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Traders pocket bulk of subsidy on cotton sale
Devika Banerji / New Delhi May 27, 2009, 0:18 IST The majority of the Rs 2,200 crore of government subsidies on sale of cotton by state-owned trading firms like Cotton Corporation of India have gone to traders.
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Brazil Regulator Approves Second Monsanto GMO Cotton Seed
Brazil's biosafety regulator CTNBio has approved the use of Monsanto's Bollgard 2 genetically modified cotton seed, the company said on Thursday. The pest-resistant cotton variety must still be approved by Brazil's Agriculture Ministry before it can be planted in the country.
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Heatwave hits cotton farmers
The scorching sun and the soaring mercury is not only making life difficult for human beings, even plants are finding the heatwave too much for their survival. Sprouts of cotton of many farmers in this district have withered away due to the heatwave prevailing in the area during the past one week. Many others have decided to delay sowing as they see no let-up in the weather conditions.