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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Pestilential high tech
probing the cotton crop failure in north Tamil Nadu during the last crop season, the central team has laid the blame on intensified production technologies that multiplied the pest problems in
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ARGENTINA
Clive James, president of the Inter national Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (isaaa), says that Argentine crop area planted with genetically modified (gm) seeds will rise
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Sowing confusion
Authorities speak in different voices over the fate of genetically modified crops
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Harvesting joy or sorrow?
Global warming would decrease crop production in developing countries but increase it in the industrialised world
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SAFE SPRAYER
A Rs 2-million project to develop an environment-friendly sprayer to combat insecticides in cotton crops has been launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). Under the project, an
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BT cotton...through the back door
Despite the absence of commercial approval for genetically engineered Bt cotton in any Asian country outside China, it is spreading fast.
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Follow Up
The Union government and the Gujarat government are at loggerheads over the damage control exercises to deal with the illegal cultivation of transgenic Bt cotton in the fields of Gujarat. The Union
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Bt Cotton imbroglio
A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?
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CLIPPED WINGS
Many species of pre dators and crop-friendly birds have migrated from cotton fields in Pakistan due to the excessive use of pesticide. Starling, quail, dove, fruit beets, house crow, blue rock
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Divided colours of cotton
The Union government goes for another field trial of Bt cotton, and another round of confusion