Nowhere does the phrase missing the woods for the trees apply more than to facets of Indian farming; the big...
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Expanding the Paradigms of Farm Sector Advocacy
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Expanding the Paradigms of Farm Sector Advocacy
Shift Farming Paradigm to Arrest Climate Change Impact
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Shift Farming Paradigm to Arrest Climate Change Impact
It was pleasing indeed to hear the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, making an impassioned appeal for the reduction in...
Time to ‘Unrig’ The Farmers’ World
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Time to ‘Unrig’ The Farmers’ World
Leo Tolstoy, amongst my favourite writers, wrote: “the most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if...
Dropping the Ploughshare on One’s Feet
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Dropping the Ploughshare on One’s Feet
Leo Tolstoy, amongst my favourite writers, wrote: “the most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if...
When Ballots Hold No Hope
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When Ballots Hold No Hope
At a time when politics dominates not just economics and society but even critical matters of national security, it has...
Khichdi economics: When Farm Policy is Designed to Fail
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Khichdi economics: When Farm Policy is Designed to Fail
If indeed the disruptive and failed demonetization exercise — now being dismissed as a temporary setback for the government because...
The failed farming classroom – Lessons Not Delivered; Not Learnt
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The failed farming classroom – Lessons Not Delivered; Not Learnt
The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) is ostensibly all about being at the helm of co-ordinating, guiding and managing...
Bharatiya Kisan Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai
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Bharatiya Kisan Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai
The Indian farming scene does appear to be emerging straight from the pages of a black comedy. How else does...
Fertilizing Farm Sector Woes
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Fertilizing Farm Sector Woes
Agnotology is the name of the game. Stanford historian Robert Proctor coined this remarkable term to describe a state of...