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N Chandrasekhara Rao

• On the ‘failure of Bt cotton’ - Analysing a decade of experience

  Given that the controversy over success and failure of Bt technology still exists, this paper discusses the available field studies that have addressed agro-economic questions of Bt cotton cultivation

  • 05/05/2012

  • Economic and Political Weekly
  • • Bt Cotton
    • India
    • Farmers
    • Biosafety
    • GM Crops
    • Mahyco
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Gujarat
    • Warangal (D)
    • Kurnool (D)
    • Pest Control
    • Agricultural Inputs

• Agricultural price policy, farm profitability and food security

  Agricultural price policy has come under serious attack recently for recommending support prices higher than what the costs of production warrant, supposedly leading to a distortion of the market, and, therefore, to food deprivation.

  • 26/06/2010

  • Economic and Political Weekly
  • • Agriculture
    • Agricultural Inputs
    • Rice
    • Wheat
    • Food Prices
    • Trade
    • Farmers
    • India
    • Economic and Political Weekly
    • Food Security
    • S Mahendra Dev
    • Globalisation
    • N Chandrasekhara Rao