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Good carbon dioxide!
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is infamous as a pollutant.
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Seeding R&D
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| | October 20, 2009, 00:54 IST |
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Unlike multinational agro-firms, which invest liberally on research and development (R&D) to evolve new seeds, Indian companies engaged in agri-business generally feel shy of doing so.
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Super soy
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| | October 06, 2009, 00:26 IST |
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It has double the protein most pulses have and, with some minor processing, can be very profitable for growers.
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Cornucopia
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| | September 22, 2009, 00:53 IST |
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Baby corn, a specialty maize, has huge potential to emerge as a money spinner for farmers.
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Drought-proofing paddy
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| | September 08, 2009, 00:36 IST |
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New methods can halve the use of water in growing rice - the water saved can equal a fourth of all Asia’s usage.
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A different drought
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| | August 25, 2009, 00:46 IST |
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To cope with an unusual drought this year, what’s needed is a fresh approach involving a change in cropping pattern.
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Changing with the climate
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| | August 11, 2009, 00:52 IST |
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A series of ICAR studies on the impact of climate change can help farmers modify their cultivation patterns.
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Gamble in the monsoons
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| | July 28, 2009, 00:04 IST |
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There have been good crops in years of poor rain and huge variations in years which have had similar rain.
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Investing in the farm
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| | July 14, 2009, 00:58 IST |
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Farmers won't invest unless they earn more - and that requires greater access to credit and risk-hedging tools.
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Rain-proofing farming
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The NRAA was set up to do precisely this in rain-fed areas, but inter-ministerial wrangling ensured this didn't happen.
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Energise your farm's future
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| | June 16, 2009, 00:26 IST |
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Energy usage rising at more than double the pace of farm productivity, as it did in 1970-2005, is no longer an option.
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Putting farming in the frame
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| | June 02, 2009, 00:54 IST |
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As serious negotiations start in Bonn to thrash out a successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change that expires in 2012, pundits are veering round to the view that agriculture should also be a vital part of the agenda of these talks.
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Wealth of microbes
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The issue of patentability of micro-organisms has remained controversial largely because it concerns the high-profile pharmaceutical industry which views these organisms as sources of future drugs.
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The pigs are safe
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Unlike bird flu that killed a large number of birds before affecting human beings, swine flu affects only humans.
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Tackling global warming
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Climate change has begun to affect crop productivity negatively, necessitating suitable adjustments in cultivation practices as well as other adaptive measures.
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