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Vivian Fernandes
About the AuthorVivian Fernandes
Vivian Fernandes is a former journalist and blogs at www.smartindianagriculture.com.
    Part 1: Farmers needed instant relief, but govt handed them a new policy
    Farm matters

    Part 1: Farmers needed instant relief, but govt handed them a new policy

    17 May 2020 9:10 AM IST
    If PM’s call for self-reliance means self-sufficiency, we’ll be worse-off
    Opinion

    If PM’s call for self-reliance means self-sufficiency, we’ll be worse-off

    14 May 2020 6:30 AM IST
    Migrant workers
    Opinion

    For BJP, migrants' plight may cause collateral damage sans political cost

    13 May 2020 6:30 AM IST
    To save garment industry, govt should dish out cheap credit, reimburse wages
    Business

    To save garment industry, govt should dish out cheap credit, reimburse wages

    7 May 2020 6:30 AM IST
    Grape growers grapple with losses as lockdown shuts door on profit  
    COVID-19

    Grape growers grapple with losses as lockdown shuts door on profit  

    30 April 2020 6:30 AM IST
    Farmers
    COVID-19

    India's enterprising farmers need a safety net amid COVID-19 lockdown

    18 April 2020 6:30 AM IST
    Indian government scraps royalty on Bayer’s proprietary Bt cotton seed
    COVID-19

    Indian government scraps royalty on Bayer’s proprietary Bt cotton seed

    1 April 2020 6:17 AM IST
    How Centres stress on solarising grid pumps will empower farmers
    Analysis

    How Centre's stress on solarising grid pumps will empower farmers

    27 Feb 2020 10:39 AM IST
    Better storage tech can save India from onion shortage woes
    News

    Better storage tech can save India from onion shortage woes

    11 Dec 2019 7:15 AM IST
    Stubble burning, Punjab, Haryana, air pollution, The Federal
    Analysis

    No-till, no burn method could be north India's answer to stubble burning

    27 Nov 2019 11:09 AM IST
    Farming, farmers, Crops, climate change, digital farming
    Opinion

    Future of farming: Charging growers for outcomes instead of inputs

    22 Oct 2019 7:00 AM IST
    Researchers develop an E-bandage that accelerates healing by 30%
    News

    How UP govt's delay to fix tender has put expecting mothers at risk of diabetes

    23 Sept 2019 2:21 PM IST
    PMs population scare: Self-interest, not patriotism, should guide family size
    Opinion

    PM's population scare: Self-interest, not patriotism, should guide family size

    21 Aug 2019 7:00 AM IST
    GM crops: How farmers are ploughing the field of frustration
    The Eighth Column

    GM crops: How farmers are ploughing the field of frustration

    9 Aug 2019 7:15 AM IST
    Ms FM, why go back to basics when Green Revolution hasn’t failed us?
    Opinion

    Ms FM, why go back to basics when Green Revolution hasn’t failed us?

    8 July 2019 10:00 AM IST
    Self-sufficiency in pulses in sight, but high duties not the solution in oilseeds
    Analysis

    Self-sufficiency in pulses in sight, but high duties not the solution in oilseeds

    5 July 2019 4:12 PM IST
    The Federal, English news website, farmers, Karnataka, rainfall deficit
    Opinion

    To double farmers' income, PM Modi should focus on eastern India

    1 July 2019 7:15 AM IST
    Election results cant help badly managed companies with connections
    The Eighth Column

    Election results can't help badly managed companies with connections

    23 May 2019 7:15 AM IST
    Paying for Rahuls Nyay: Slashing subsidies may be a hard sell
    Analysis

    Paying for Rahul's Nyay: Slashing subsidies may be a hard sell

    26 March 2019 6:18 PM IST
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