Government must keep all seeds for sowing under ECA purview and strengthen this law. As agribusinesses celebrate the removal of pulses, oilseeds, cereals, etc from the purview of the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), Indian farmers and consumers may not be so jubilant. The government’s advisors, in...
We must replace synthetic goods with biodiverse and sustainable products that help heal small communities and forests. Mayday! Mayday! Pollution, climate chaos and now Covid-19, Spaceship Earth needs to take a desperate reset, before all systems burn down. Nature is fed up, and on this World...
The Government announced a slew of reforms for the agriculture sector. But it will do well to learn from the example of the US, where similar initiatives after WW-II backfired. With a stimulus package of Rs 8.4 lakh crore for the agriculture sector, the Finance Minister...
Foreign ownership of Indian seed and plant genetic resource risks our food and seed security. Self-dependence, self-reliance and buy Swadeshi were the three main takeaways from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address on the exit strategy. Many challenges lie ahead, especially in achieving this goal in...
With the Rs. 8.4 lakh crore agri-stimulus, the finance minister has enforced an economic Green Revolution whose pillars are credit, stocking up and opening the “farm-gate” for business. Tersely put, two tranches strengthen rural banking networks, provide additional loans and expedite the “ doubling farmers...
From the native tribes of the Americas to the Chinese, all affirmed human life as a part of nature, which the Age of Imperialism ended. No better day than International Biological Diversity Day 2020 to remember that we are nature, not separate from her. Seers described...
Each of us has to embrace biodiversity-based products in our lives. Not only will they be an economical option but also the healthier one There is no better day than the International Biological Diversity Day to remember that we are a part of nature, not separate...
किसान अपने स्वयं के खेतों पर राज्यों को सर्वोपरि स्वायत्तता देना चाहते थे, क्योंकि हर एक आकार के खेत सभी बाजारों में फिट नहीं था. प्रत्येक क्षेत्र और कृषि-जलवायु सामाजिक और आर्थिक प्रथाओं के अपने स्वयं के सेट के साथ अलग थी; जिससे एक केंद्रीय...
The APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act has ensured that each farmer in even the remotest part of the country gets fair treatment and equal opportunity to sell his produce. The Finance Minister rightly spelt out that, all sectors are free to sell across the country,...