If the government approves GM mustard, agricultural women workers in rural areas may suffer, according to the Supreme Court. For activist Aruna Rodrigues, lawyer Prashant Bhushan said that India has 5,477 kinds of mustard that would be in danger. The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that...
ICRISAT developed spatial maps for mapping Agri land & insurance claims Scientists at ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), have developed high-resolution spatial maps for farmland mapping for insurance claims and governments in collaboration with...
Hundreds of women farmers adopted climate-resilient farming Uma Karad, a marginal farmer in Maharashtra’s drought-prone Osmanabad area, has only one acre of land. However, with a one-acre climate-resilient agricultural plan, she not only earns ₹50,000 per month but also provides...
Govt allows the sale of agro-chemicals through online platforms With the Centre approving sales of pesticides through an e-commerce business, the country’s online trade in agro-chemicals is set to take off. The latest action by the Centre is expected to assist agrochemical...
Farmer leaders seek PM’s intervention to withdraw Govt approval of GM-Mustard Even as the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case concerning the ‘environmental release’ of the country’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, several farmer leaders have asked the...
