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Aug 09, 2019
Aiming for a green revolution, UN FAO calls to adopt climate-sensitive innovation, tech
The UN body announced that healthy diets resilient to climate shocks & supportive of biodiversity is a dire need. -
Jul 08, 2019
Is the Green Revolution broken to go back to Zero Budget farming? Nirmala Sitharaman should have waited for official panel's study reports
The Green Revolution in Palekar’s view is a disaster. His website says the land has been laid waste wherever it has been practised. -
Jul 08, 2019
As Punjab's groundwater levels drop alarmingly, farmers confront desperate times ahead
As water tables in Punjab fall, desperate farmers are digging deeper, getting trapped in debt and depleting aquifers. Punjab is warned of turning into a desert state in 25 years. Paddy, biggest water guzzler, sees continued cultivation as agricultural reforms fail. -
Jun 24, 2019
Union Budget 2019-20: Govt needs to allocate more fund to bring Green Revolution to eastern India
Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI) was initiated by Pranab Mukherjee as finance minister. He provided Rs 400 crore for it in 2010-11 budget -
May 15, 2019
Punjab govt's decision to advance paddy sowing aims to placate angry farmers ahead of polls, but ignores impact on groundwater
While the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government's decision to prepone the date for paddy sowing in Punjab to 13 June may ease the angry farmers ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, early sowing will put further pressure on the already depleted groundwater of the state -
Apr 08, 2019
BJP manifesto: Continuity for sure, but some goals are aspirational; where will the money come from?
The BJP manifesto promises continuity which is assuring as there will be more of the same with certain toppings directed to the poorer sections. -
Dec 04, 2018
Wheat genome and its many mysteries decoded two decades after the human genome
Surprisingly, the wheat genome is, by far, the most complex genome to ever be sequenced. -
Jun 29, 2018
Paddy in Punjab, Part 2: High-cost farming is degrading quality of soil, driving small farmers to ruin
Punjab's priority for paddy has not been an entirely favourable business for the state's agriculture. This series examines the challenges faced by small cultivators, and the alternatives available on the field -
Dec 13, 2017
India deserves gratitude for its stand on food security, says MS Swaminathan, scientist behind green revolution
Ending hunger and ensuring food security should be the basis for negotiations on agriculture at the WTO, eminent farm scientist MS Swaminathan said, as he appreciated India's strong stand on food security -
Oct 04, 2017
Soumya Swaminathan is WHO's new deputy director-general; ICMR chief known for work on TB, HIV
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, director general of the ICMR, has been appointed the Deputy Director-General, Programmes, of the World Health Organisation
