Opinion
Tailoring India’s Agricultural Education for the 21st Century Youth
Educational reforms must now embrace non-formal degree programs around diploma and...
Votes of paddy and wheat farmers fail the mathematics of MSP
The competition between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win the elections...
Where is Local Governance in the Keraleeyam 2023?
“Undoubtedly Kerala leads the Nation in Panchayati Raj”, commented Mani Shankar...
Impact of El Nino: Pulses, rice, sugar, oilseeds cotton output may be less this year, curbing food inflation will be a big challenge
According to the first advance estimates of Kharif (2023-24) production of rice,...
Outrage at Narayana Murthy's 70 hrs-week! Farmer logs in over 98 hrs
What did Murthy say? India’s work productivity is one of the lowest in the world....
World Food Day: Nation salutes Dr. MS Swaminathan
Following the path taught by Prof Swaminathan, agricultural research institutes...
The shift in Fertilizer Policy: Move towards Natural Farming?
To promote fertilizer use, to avoid a rise in crop prices, and to subsidize agriculture,...
Dr Swaminathan: The Father of Green Revolution who strode the agriculture sector like a Colossus
In addition to driving the development of high yielding rice varieties in the country,...
No success on land or space without scientific innovations
Our average yields of pulses and oilseeds are lower than the global average. Increasing...
India offers juicy market for global apple growers; domestic farmers need protection
Growers suffered production losses but were denied better realisations, thanks to...
Duty on onion exports leaves pungent taste with onion growers, traders
India is a democracy and elections have to be won to stay in power. People want...
Strengthening El Nino impacts inflation, raises political risk
Inflation and politics are directly proportional. Political risk is low if inflation...
Bridging the Rural Skill Gap with New ITIs in Chhattisgarh
To make the youth population embrace Industry 4.0 it is necessary to provide skill...
Dream of liberalisation of agriculture trade shattered due to generalisation of inflation
It is also a matter of political risk. In its first term, when the Modi government...
Contending with Climate: Voice of smallholder farmers in the context of climate change
The climate battle cannot be won without thinking about improvements in agricultural...
Floods wash away hopes of drop in inflation
Retail inflation for a dry June breached three-month high of 4.81 per cent even...
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