-The Hindu Winner of the State Award in Agriculture, 32 years old P. Prasanna is a role model for women aspiring to become Farmers From an unknown entity, P. Prasanna has now become a household name in the tiny Tiruppalai Village after she rose to fame bagging Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Special Award this year for her achievement in agriculture. She recorded high yield of paddy through ‘semmai nel sagupadi’ (System of...
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-The Hindu Business Line The Budget’s agriculture focus is welcome, but it could have done better A Budget with a purported focus on agriculture could not have come at a better time. There has been a sharp dip in agriculture output from a trend rate of growth of 4 per cent per annum in the period 2004-05 to 2011-12 to about 1.5 per cent in the next four years, which includes a...
More »Panel proposes 70% reduction in royalty on GM cotton seeds -Sayantan Bera and Shreeja Sen
-Livemint.com The nine-member cotton seed price control committee has recommended a maximum sale price of Rs.800 for a 450g packet of Bollgard II Bt cotton seeds New Delhi: A government panel on genetically modified Bt cotton has recommended a steep reduction in royalty fees payable to technology companies, and lower seed prices. If accepted, the recommendations will benefit nearly 8 million cotton Farmers in India, but may raise concerns about how India...
More »In Bihar, Farmers refuse to clear land for Modi's function
-IANS Patna: Around three dozen Farmers in Bihar's Vaishali district have refused to reap their standing wheat crops to make space for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's function on March 12, officials said on Thursday. Around three dozen Farmers in Bihar's Vaishali district have refused to reap their standing wheat crops to make space for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's function on March 12, officials said on Thursday. Farmers of Sultanpur near Hajipur, the district...
More »A new paradigm for agriculture? -Ashwini K Swain and Gareth Price
-Livemint.com A growth-first approach may work in the short-term, but India needs to prioritize sustainability simultaneously The Union Budget 2016-17, seeking to “transform India”, has been hailed for its emphasis on agricultural growth and sustainability. Symbolically, the finance minister put “agriculture and Farmers’ welfare” first in his nine-point agenda. The words “agriculture” and “Farmer” found 20 and 32 mentions, respectively, in the budget speech, the highest in the last decade. On the...
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