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The mockingbird of Peepli
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
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Peepli [Live] doesn’t mock farmers; it mocks us--consumers, anchors, politicians, bureaucrats --and our callousness. The movie tells the story of farmers contemplating suicide lured by the compensation of Rs. one lakh. L K advani, who can't think beyond the next election, wants the movie to mock MNREGA. It tells us of our failure in managing India's human and agricultural capital.Farming can be profitable.With the right incentives, structures, leadership and empowerment of farmers, rural India can prosper, writes Salil Tripathi in Mint. |
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Palm oil can alleviate poverty, foster growth: report
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Monday, August 23, 2010 |
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Environmentalists have been attacking palm oil for long on the claim that it damages biodiversity and creates animal-human conflict. But, a new report says that palm oil fights poverts and abets economic growth. Palm oil, the report said, can play in important role in African nations such as Nigeria and Ghana.The Western-world inspired campaign against palm oil has become muted, writes G. Chandrashekhar in The Hindu Business Line. |
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PM needs better advice on agriculture
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
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The current rate of farm growth needs to increase well beyond the arbitrary figure of 4 per cent. For that, the Government must reconsider its position on genetically modified crops. The inclusive growth policy of the Government leads to free lunches and kills the spirit of enterprise, writes Sharad Joshi in Business Line. |
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Growth powered by agriculture
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
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Socialism and the concept of "inclusive growth", steered by the ideas of Amartya Sen has stunted India's economic growth.India can achieve a growth rate of 14 per cent, if it implements farm sector reforms, lifting curbs on movement, storage and export of produce. There should be reforms in agriculture abolishing all restrictions on voluntary transactions, writes Sharad Joshi in Business Line. |
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Survival of the fittest
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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Those who fear the impact of Bt brinjal on biodiversity should know that it stands a better chance of survival. Even so, other varieties are not destined to vanish. The only argument which would have made sense is that it would wipe out other varieties of brinjal. However, such an argument is not valid, writes Sharad Joshi in Business Line. |
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Prejudice against biotech
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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Further delays in the development of GM food varieties, starting with Bt brinjal, could push India into a food crisis. A delay in Bt cotton and green revolution has hurt India a lot. We can't take the same risk in the case of Bt Brinjal, writes Sharad Joshi in Business Line. |
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The debate over Bt brinjal
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
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European insecticide producers and NGOs backed by them are leading the protest against genetically modified varieties, even as these hold out hope in the context of climate change.India is the second largest producer of brinjal. Even if the claims of environmentalists are true, the lethal effects of Bt brinjal is far harmless than non-Bt Brinjal, writes Sharad Joshi in Business Line. |
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Anti-farmer mindset at work
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
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Those who opposed cultivation of bio-fuels are now citing specious reasons to stall the use of millets for brewing alcohol, not realising that the cultivation of coarse grains needs to be encouraged.Diversion of someof the millet output for brewing will actually result in more viable production , writes Sharad Joshi in Business Line. |
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Saluting Norman Borlaug: Apapting to change through technology
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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Norman Borlaug was a champion of the second Green Revolution, especially for small-holder farmers in remote parts of the world. “There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming, we could only feed 4 billion of them. Which 2 billion would volunteer to die?” Norman’s work saved a billion lives. His biography was titled, 'The Man Who Fed the World". Others dubbed him a “modern Prometheus”, “forgotten benefactor of mankind,” and “the greatest human being who ever lived.” Paul Drissen pays his respect to the legend. |
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Law of the Land: Trample the farmer
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Saturday, October 11, 2008 |
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Banks can not take Agricultural land for a loan of Industrial Use. so what if it was a food processing industry. so what if the raw material came from the same fields. The law of the land assures that,farmers can not be industrialist. Farmers will not get a loan to buy a Lexus. Farmers can only buy tractors. Farmers should not think Big, laments Rajesh Singh
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