Ramesh Chand
 "Ramesh Chand")
Ramesh Chand
Ramesh Chand is member of the National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog, Government of India, and Chairman of the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. He is also member of the Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). He has also been a consultant for international organisations such as FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, UNCTAD, the Commonwealth and the World Bank. He has a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.
Ramesh Chand is member of the National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog, Government of India, and Chairman of the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. He is also member of the Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). He has also been a consultant for international organisations such as FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, UNCTAD, the Commonwealth and the World Bank. He has a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.
Ramesh Chand
Centenary of 'Father of Green Revolution' who worried about its future
MS Swaminathan's contributions extend far beyond the Green Revolution
 "Centenary of 'Father of Green Revolution' who worried about its future")
Lessons from soybean: Time to broaden India's biotech push in crops
India needs to develop its biotechnology capacity for crops like soybean as it has done for rice
 "Lessons from soybean: Time to broaden India's biotech push in crops")
Trump tariffs: India needs short- and medium-term agricultural trade plans
From 2022 to 2024, India earned $5.75 bn per year from agri-export to the US, which constituted one-tenth of India's agri exports to the world. In the same period, India imported agricultural product
 "Trump tariffs: India needs short- and medium-term agricultural trade plans")
Reimagining agriculture's role in economic development and growth
An agriculture worker in China generates merely one-fourth of the income generated by a non-agricultural worker. India and Vietnam are close to China while Indonesia shows lower disparity
 "Reimagining agriculture's role in economic development and growth")
MS Swaminathan: A visionary scientist, staunch advocate of farmers' welfare
The formidable agriculture scientist's vision can be of help in the challenges Indian agriculture faces now
 "MS Swaminathan: A visionary scientist, staunch advocate of farmers' welfare")
Prof Abhijit Sen: A lifelong champion of the poor and marginalised
Coined the term 'technology fatigue' in relation to agriculture
Dealing with crop residue burning
Blaming farmers will not solve the problem. Stopping free power for irrigation and the transfer of the same subsidy to farmers in other forms alone will make a significant difference
 "Dealing with crop residue burning")
Improved equity, wider coverage
How PM-KISAN scores over loan waivers and Rythu Bandhu