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Vivian Fernandes
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Vivian Fernandes is a former journalist and blogs at www.smartindianagriculture.com.
    High prices, robust demand help banana-growers recover from lockdown-time losses
    Farm matters

    High prices, robust demand help banana-growers recover from lockdown-time losses

    29 Dec 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Rekha Sunil Kulkarni
    Business

    How Mann Deshi Bank, born out of audacity, makes rural women ‘bankable’

    19 Dec 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Microbial business thrives as farmers realise need to feed soil to feed crops
    Farm matters

    Microbial business thrives as farmers realise need to feed soil to feed crops

    13 Dec 2022 9:00 AM IST
    Ethanol is health tonic for sugar industry: Roshan Lal Tamak of DCM Shriram
    Videos

    Ethanol is health tonic for sugar industry: Roshan Lal Tamak of DCM Shriram

    5 Dec 2022 6:15 AM IST
    Microbial decomposers don’t avert straw burning; they only give leaders publicity
    Farm matters

    Microbial decomposers don’t avert straw burning; they only give leaders publicity

    28 Nov 2022 12:10 PM IST
    Farm fires will die out in 2-3 years: Punjab Agricultural University V-C
    Farm matters

    Farm fires will die out in 2-3 years: Punjab Agricultural University V-C

    25 Nov 2022 6:00 AM IST
    Centre allows commercial cultivation of GM mustard, Indias first GM food crop
    Farm matters

    Centre allows commercial cultivation of GM mustard, India's first GM food crop

    26 Oct 2022 8:51 PM IST
    Australia has allowed GM mustard; will India clear Delhi University variety?
    Farm matters

    Australia has allowed GM mustard; will India clear Delhi University variety?

    25 Oct 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Sex scent mating dispensers curtail pink borer damage to cotton
    Farm matters

    Sex scent mating dispensers curtail pink borer damage to cotton

    3 Oct 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Yara PM-BJP fertiliser scheme
    Business

    Dealing with PM-BJP 'hijab' on fertilisers: Yara India executive explains

    26 Sept 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Distrust of govt preventing formal tenancies in Andhra despite the reassurance of a 2019 Act
    Videos

    Distrust of govt preventing formal tenancies in Andhra despite the reassurance of a 2019 Act

    15 Sept 2022 6:10 PM IST
    Govt distrust preventing formal tenancies in AP despite reassurance of 2019 Act
    Andhra Pradesh

    Govt distrust preventing formal tenancies in AP despite reassurance of 2019 Act

    12 Sept 2022 6:30 AM IST
    India dairy industry
    Business

    Development or profit focus? The way ahead for India's dairy sector

    22 Aug 2022 6:30 AM IST
    potato,Pepsi
    News

    Litigation on PepsiCo's wafer-quality potato: What farmers' rights expert says

    6 Aug 2022 6:29 AM IST
    Farmer leaders citing old study to block reforms: NITI-Aayog’s Ramesh Chand
    Analysis

    Farmer leaders citing old study to block reforms: NITI-Aayog’s Ramesh Chand

    1 Aug 2022 6:30 AM IST
    COVID boosted demand for medicinal herbs: Daburs procurement chief
    Business

    COVID boosted demand for medicinal herbs: Dabur's procurement chief

    26 July 2022 6:27 AM IST
    Farmer producer cos must chase need, not govt targets: Sahyadri FPC
    Farm matters

    Farmer producer cos must chase need, not govt targets: Sahyadri FPC

    12 July 2022 6:30 AM IST
    India must trim fertiliser use for fiscal, environmental sustainability: Expert
    Farm matters

    India must trim fertiliser use for fiscal, environmental sustainability: Expert

    30 Jun 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Venture capitalists finding value in Indian agri-tech start-ups: Omnivore
    Business

    Venture capitalists finding value in Indian agri-tech start-ups: Omnivore

    22 Jun 2022 6:30 AM IST
    ramesh chand
    Business

    India self-reliant in cereals; should halve oil import: NITI Aayog's Ramesh Chand

    13 Jun 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Is there life after Bt cotton?
    Interviews

    Is there life after Bt cotton?

    7 Jun 2022 9:00 PM IST
    Bio-fortified rice or reconstituted fortified rice?
    Videos

    Bio-fortified rice or reconstituted fortified rice?

    27 May 2022 8:40 PM IST
    New genome-editing norms ambiguous, unhelpful: Geneticist Deepak Pental
    Videos

    New genome-editing norms ambiguous, unhelpful: Geneticist Deepak Pental

    18 May 2022 8:58 PM IST
    Podcast: Govt shifting burden onto farmers with wheat export ban
    Podcast

    Podcast: 'Govt shifting burden onto farmers with wheat export ban'

    16 May 2022 3:09 PM IST
    Carbon Credits For Climate-Smart Agriculture
    Videos

    Carbon Credits For 'Climate-Smart' Agriculture

    9 May 2022 8:44 PM IST
    Cooking oil, oil, palm oil
    Podcast

    Podcast: Why Indonesia's palm oil export ban is not likely to last long

    2 May 2022 3:37 PM IST
    Sri Lankan economy recovers
    Opinion

    With imprudent policies, India can get closer to an economic crisis like Sri Lanka

    14 April 2022 11:02 AM IST
    Pulling out of NPS is fiscally imprudent; other states might emulate Rajasthan
    Opinion

    Pulling out of NPS is fiscally imprudent; other states might emulate Rajasthan

    5 March 2022 6:30 AM IST
    Hybrid law? Govt is stern with GM crop innovators, but lax with farmers growing them
    Analysis

    Hybrid law? Govt is stern with GM crop innovators, but lax with farmers growing them

    27 Feb 2022 6:14 PM IST
    Indian Inc pays lip service to diversity and inclusion. Real change is hard
    Analysis

    Indian Inc pays lip service to diversity and inclusion. Real change is hard

    16 Feb 2022 1:56 PM IST
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