Open letter to Amir Khan
Latest to bear the brunt of Amir Khan's "Satyamev Jayate" is the farming community in India who according to the show were using excessive pesticides during farming thus exposing consumers to the hazards
Agriculture Today
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Middlemen in agri-supply chains- An evil necessity?
In economies across the world, agriculture once considered more a way of life, is now seen as a potential for commercial propositions. Currently corporate intervention in agriculture is seen in many forms, right from direct farming activities to business in related areas pertaining to agriculture and the rural economy.
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Flourishing floriculture
Floriculture is increasingly regarded as a viable diversification from traditional field crops due to increased per unit returns. Though the art of growing flowers is not new to India, protected cultivation in polyhouses is relatively new.
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BT cotton and technology fee
India made its long-awaited entry into commercial agricultural biotechnology in March 2002 with the approval of three Bt-cotton hybrids for commercial cultivation. In about 6 years, the area under Bt-cotton has increased by more than 210 times to record 6.2 m ha and the number of Bt-farmers by 190 times to reach 3.8 m in 2007.
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The great Bt Brinjal divide
People may never look at brinjal in the same way again. In the last few months, this innocuous vegetable has garnered much public attention and so did the research and development happening in the field of agriculture. R&D in agriculture which usually misses to impress the media or the people assumed centre stage in the weeks preceding the declaration of Jairam Ramesh on the fate of Bt Brinjal.