Kavitha Kuruganti, Feb 27, 2013, Deccan Herald Shanthu Shantharam’s piece on February 13, 2013 in this paper had a screaming headline that said, “Ban on GM crops will imperil Indian agriculture”. He was referring to the recommendations of a Technical Expert Committee (TEC) appointed by the Supreme Court to advise it on issues related to GMOs, […]
ByRajiv Mani, TNN | Feb 28, 2013, 04.08 AM IST ALLAHABAD: This farmer has not passed even class X but his work baffles the best of agricultural scientists of the country. Meet Jai Prakash Singh, a poor peasant from a rural pocket of Varanasi, whose work on high yielding indigenous seeds, has been honoured by two former Presidents and has developed a treasure […]
PANKAJ KUMAR | NOORSARAI, NALANDA | FEBRUARY 28 2013 Introduced in 2010-11, organic farming has changed the way of cultivation in the district, raising yield to record levels and leaving farmers happier and richer On Sunday, Rakesh Kumar, a farmer from Sohdih village in Biharsharif block of Nalanda district, was on seventh heaven. Scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra at […]