Need for soil searching
STRENGTHEN SOIL TESTING FACILITIES TO BOOST AGRICULTURE PRABHA JAGANNATHAN
Prabha Jagannathan
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Govts fertiliser bill to expand
THE government
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What price Bt brinjal?
Limited information and imperfect regulation mislead consumers PRABHA JAGANNATHAN
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Use intelligence to tackle food security (editorial)
JUST six months ago, in March, the Centre was facing the problem of plenty with rice. At 21 million tonnes, the stocks were four times the buffer norm of 5.2 million tonnes. Farmers were offloading premium varieties that sold at Rs 40 per kg in the retail at Rs 25 per kg to traders. Rice prices, analysts foretold, would crash due to unbearably heavy stocks.
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Who gains from blending?
RICH DIVIDENDS FOR OMCs, NO REAL BENEFIT FOR CONSUMERS & FARMERS ONE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION TO ASK over ethanol pricing even as a panel chaired by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri examines a