The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including analysis of short- and long-term trends and drivers behind Africa’s global trade, intra-African trade, and trade within Africa’s regional economic communities. The …
Mumbai At a screening of a documentary on BT Brinjal, the genetically modified vegetable soon to be launched in India, an organic farmer from Rawala Village, Warud tehsil of Amravati district, revealed how BT cotton has left tracts of farmland in the agricultural village of Amravati infertile. Poison on Platter, …
The prices of Gujarat Sankar-6 (GS-6) medium staple Bt cotton, the largest exported variety from India, shot up over Rs 1,000 per candy (1 candy = 356 kg) since Saturday in the spot markets in Gujarat. The increase was mainly propelled by Chinese demand and mill buying, industry officials and …
BHAWANIPATNA: Stage is set for cotton plucking in Kalahandi district and sources said cotton will be ready for marketing next week. However, farmers are a worried lot because of the uncertainty in procurement of cotton. This year cotton is grown on 18,292 hectares and the agriculture department expects a yield …
After Uttar Pradesh farmers protested against sugarcane prices, Punjab farmers are now threatening to march to Delhi if the Union Government bans export of cotton. Punjab is the leading producer of medium staple cotton in the north followed by Haryana and Rajasthan. The government has assessed a combined production of …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today visited the Agriculture Research Centre (ARC) of Egypt, the largest such facility in the Middle East. He also held a meeting with the directors of RAC and agricultural experts. In a statement issued here today, an official spokesman said the Chief Minister apprised …
Chandan Kishore Kant / Mumbai November 13, 2009, 0:45 IST Unnecessary, says ministry, as the country has enough stock. The country is likely to export close to eight million bales (1 bale = 170 kg) of cotton in the current cotton year ( October 1 onwards) if the pace of …
Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Some five billion people--more than 80 percent of the world's population--have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains, while also fostering economic growth and poverty reduction in …
Genetically-engineered corn, soybeans, and cotton now account for the majority of acres planted to these three crops. A model was developed that utilizes official, U.S. Department of Agriculture pesticide use data to estimate the differences in the average pounds of pesticides applied on GE crop acres, compared to acres planted …
This latest report by Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology provides updated statistics on Bt-cotton and highlights newer issues related to technology, production, economic, social and environmental impacts of Bt cotton in India. The first Status Report on Bt Cotton in India was published in 2006, when 40 Bt hybrids were …
Unlike in Bt cotton, there is no organised lobby of growers to push the case for commercialisation of Bt brinjal, says HARISH DAMODARAN. In March 2002, when Bt cotton was approved for commercial cultivation, there was scant opposition to the Government
The initial failure of the monsoon in large parts of India, and the subsequent floods in the South, are seriously affecting production of our major crops. Sugarcane is expected to decline by nearly 30 per cent in Maharashtra. Incomes of small rain-fed farms in semi-arid Andhra Pradesh could decline by …
BHAWANIPATNA: The current climate has come as a relief for the cotton farmers of Kalahandi district who have been panicky over the prospects of paddy crop due to a long dry spell and fickle monsoon. According to the Agriculture Department assessment here yesterday, the harvest is likely to be satisfactory. …
Indias regulatory body for GM crops, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has approved export of Bt cotton seeds to Pakistan. Hindustan Times reported that the GEAC working under the environment and Forest Ministry, gave permission to top GM seed companies like Monsanto, Hyderabad-based Bayer Hybrid Seeds and Aurangabad-based Nath Biogene …
BHAWANIPATNA: The current climate has come as a relief for the cotton farmers of Kalahandi district who have been panicky over the prospects of paddy crop due to a long dry spell and fickle monsoon. According to the Agriculture Department assessment here yesterday, the harvest is likely to be satisfactory. …
Rain water conservation techniques, like large compartmental bunding and furrow opening in between the crop rows in combination with organic sources were evaluated for their impact on increasing the productivity of cotton+soybean intercropping system.
Realizing the importance of cash crop, cotton, the government has decided that Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV) tolerant Bt. Conventional varieties would be preferred and no extraneous pressure in this regard would be accepted. The official documents obtained by Daily Times here on Tuesday revealed that only the CLCV tolerant …
A Jammu-based agricultural scientist has warned farmers growing Bt cotton in Punjab and Haryana against complacency, as the cash crop could fall prey to various pests in the coming years. Dr. Rajinder Peshan, associate professor at the division of agriculture extension education of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences, after years …
