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A Review of Research into the Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Bees, with Recommendations for Action By Jennifer Hopwood, Mace Vaughan, Matthew Shepherd, David Biddinger, Eric Mader, Scott Hoffman Black, Celeste Mazzacano A possible link between neonicotinoids and honey bee die-offs has led to controversy across the United States and Europe. Beekeepers and environmentalists have [...]

The Per Capita Myopia Tehelka Magazine, March 31, 2012 Green prophet Praful Bidwai Photo: Shailendra Pandey Praful Bidwai brings lucid scholarship and a fresh perspective to issues of climate change, says Nagraj Adve THERE ARE two dominant trends in literature among those who agree that global warming is ongoing and serious: those who think, wrongly, that technological [...]

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Farmer innovators published by ICAR Agritech interventions: Harbingers of Prosperity

New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) http://www.deccanherald.com/content/199116/big-plans-mechanisation-farming-2012.html Faced with labour shortage after the rural employment guarantee scheme, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today announced that the government plans to launch a mega programme in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) for mechanisation of the farming sector. He expressed the confidence that the country’s foodgrains production in the [...]

The plight of debt ridden farmers seems to have found an ear which resolved to shake the illusion of many a self-congratulatory eye. The paradox is painful. You are hailed as one of the building blocks of the nation, shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers. A slogan like Jai Jawan Jai Kisaan establishes your glory [...]

the book looks at issues of agriculture in terms of quality & quantity of production and food security under climate change perspective. We can achieve the goal of meeting the healthy food needs of ever increasing population along with protecting the environment by organic farming under cooperative farming setup using farmers’ localized innovations under better [...]

We are all told that Indian cottons are not of quality and American cottons were introduced in India in early 1900. Please see the REPORT from the SELECT COMMITTEE on the Growth of Cotton in INDIA: together with the MINUTES of EVIDENCE. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES 1847 – 48. EIGHTEEN VOLUMES:— CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. [...]

Other states have much to learn from Indian agriculture’s star performer Shankar Acharya / New Delhi July 14, 2011, 0:11 IST In the 60 years since 1950 Indian agriculture has recorded an average growth rate of 2.7 per cent per year. In the past 30 years, the rate has crept slightly above three per cent, [...]