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    Vivian Fernandes
    About the AuthorVivian Fernandes
    Vivian Fernandes is a former journalist and blogs at www.smartindianagriculture.com.
      Pensions not alms: A case for Centre to raise payout to ₹500 a month
      Budget 2023

      'Pensions not alms': A case for Centre to raise payout to ₹500 a month

      20 Jan 2023 12:40 PM
      Poultry sector worried over diversion of maize to ethanol production
      Farm matters

      Poultry sector worried over diversion of maize to ethanol production

      8 Jan 2023 2:40 AM
      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 1:00 AM
      Rekha Sunil Kulkarni
      Business

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

      19 Dec 2022 1:00 AM
      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 3:30 AM
      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 12:45 AM
      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 6:40 AM
      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 12:30 AM
      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 3:21 PM
      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 1:00 AM
      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 1:00 AM
      Yara PM-BJP fertiliser scheme
      Business

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

      26 Sept 2022 1:00 AM
      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 12:40 PM
      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 1:00 AM
      India dairy industry
      Business

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

      22 Aug 2022 1:00 AM
      potato,Pepsi
      News

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

      6 Aug 2022 12:59 AM
      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 1:00 AM
      COVID boosted demand for medicinal herbs: Daburs procurement chief
      Business

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

      26 July 2022 12:57 AM
      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 1:00 AM
      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 1:00 AM
      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 1:00 AM
      ramesh chand
      Business

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

      13 Jun 2022 1:00 AM
      Is there life after Bt cotton?
      Interviews

      Is there life after Bt cotton?

      7 Jun 2022 3:30 PM
      Bio-fortified rice or reconstituted fortified rice?
      Videos

      Bio-fortified rice or reconstituted fortified rice?

      27 May 2022 3:10 PM
      New genome-editing norms ambiguous, unhelpful: Geneticist Deepak Pental
      Videos

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

      18 May 2022 3:28 PM
      Podcast: Govt shifting burden onto farmers with wheat export ban
      Podcast

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

      16 May 2022 9:39 AM
      Carbon Credits For Climate-Smart Agriculture
      Videos

      Carbon Credits For 'Climate-Smart' Agriculture

      9 May 2022 3:14 PM
      Cooking oil, oil, palm oil
      Podcast

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

      2 May 2022 10:07 AM
      Sri Lankan economy recovers
      Opinion

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

      14 April 2022 5:32 AM
      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 1:00 AM
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