Opinion
Plant Health and Global Food Security
Nearly one billion people go hungry every day. Also, a significant amount of food...
Innovations and Technological Interventions for Agri-Food Systems Transformation in India
Those nations that have reoriented their agricultural research towards new innovations...
Breaking the Barrier – Unlocking the Next Blue Revolution
Discussions about Aquaculture often revolve around industry gaps, expansion plans,...
Legal guarantee to MSP - to be or not to be?
Will the BJP government's intention to grant legal guarantee to MSP on farm produce...
Between 'All is Well' message of '3 Idiots' and pathetic tale of 'Do Bigha Zameen', India needs 'Swades' solutions for farmers
In a typical hard-to-decipher IMD language, the official forecast suggests that...
The Road to India’s Dairy Excellence Dreams
While the country moves forward to achieve dairy excellence, the industry cannot...
Our responsibility to make India a Plastic Free Nation
While the entire world is drowning in plastic, India in 2016 achieved the dubious...
Growth Potential for ‘Millet’ – a Boon for Health
In addition to its potential for increasing food security, millet has many other...
Breaking the Barriers: Overcoming Challenges to Unlock the Next Blue Revolution
Seafood is also a significant contributor to global food security, particularly...
Agri-focused NBFCs and Fintech’s plays critical role to augment credit requirement for agricultural innovation
It's time the policymakers support such NBFCs who are charged up to bring radical...
Dairy & Food Inflation: Farmer vs Consumer
In north India, Mother Dairy and AMUL have increased the prices of liquid milk variants...
Budget 2023-24: How much rural friendly?
If we put allocation for Rural development and Agriculture together, we found that...
Why Sitharaman missed opportunity of putting economy on inclusive growth path in Budget 2023-24
Past evidence shows that when farm incomes have increased on account of a shift...
No hike in Budget outlays for agriculture in 2 years; reduction in real terms; Irrigation given a bad miss
Headlines First . Funds for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have...
Agriculture has to wait for its Amrit Kaal
the bigger question is why farmers and rural India had been made to wait for their...
Union Budget: FM to walk tightrope to meet demands of all stakeholders
It's going be a tightrope walk for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she...
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