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Surinder Sud is a senior agriculture journalist and a consulting editor with Business Standard., where he writes monthly column titled 'Farm View'. He studied at the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
Surinder Sud is a senior agriculture journalist and a consulting editor with Business Standard., where he writes monthly column titled 'Farm View'. He studied at the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute is leaving no stone unturned to fight this crop disease with gene deployment
India is struggling to eradicate this highly contagious virus
Flower drying techniques help women supplement household income
Trans-boundary diseases remain a huge threat to India
Improper use and unfounded claims about residual toxicity have caused a needless scare about pesticides in food
The man believed in keeping as much distance from the government as possible to be able to translate is innovative ideas into practice
Why phasing out the fertiliser subsidy will affect small farmers
Thiruvananthapuram-based Central Tuber Crops Research Institute steps up efforts to promote tuber farming
A recently developed water-absorbing hydrogel could be the answer to combating erratic rainfall for farmers in rainfed areas
Or why India's 20% blending target will remain impossible to achieve
Cutting-edge research to extend its shelf life can spring many surprises
ICAR has set its priorities to reinforce the entire agricultural chain
Harvest projections in India, often made on the basis of anecdotal information, are in dire need of credible forecast mechanisms
The farm sector is starting to feel the pinch of climate change a quick and early adoption of ICT is imperative
Coastal aquaculture alone cannot meet the growing demand for fish
Smaller animals gain prominence over larger livestock to meet demand
There is a critical need to consider unconventional methods of storing staple cereals
Women farmers suffer gross bias a global meet will look to change this
Farmers can truly profit if we introduce non-hybrid varieties of Bt cotton