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ICAR’s ‘MoU signing spree’ with MNCs spurs concerns over corporatisation of Indian agriculture
Shagun
5 min read
While private companies will get to utilise ICAR's vast network, collaboration likely to affect nature of services provided by ICAR and agriculture extension functionaries
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DTE Staff
2 min read
Agreement to increase goat productivity, provide advanced training in breeding and healthcare practises and foster sustainability
Several economies are dependent on cocoa. Photo for representation: iStock
Michael E Odijie
4 min read
A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana
Earlier experiences of private ventures into agriculture through contract farming have indicated the exploitation of farmers at the hands of big corporate giants. Representative photo: iStock.
Nivedita Sharma
4 min read
CDP has the potential to benefit farmers; however, asymmetric power relations can make farmer-producer organisations captive markets for the goods produced and marketed by big companies
Green Revolution policy initiatives secured India’s food security over the last five decades but caused major ecological disasters, depleting groundwater in grey zones in Punjab and Haryana.
Virender Singh Lather
3 min read
This technology will raise cultivation costs by monopolising the seed-agrochemical market and may lead to more robust, herbicide-resistant weeds in the future, endangering rice production
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DTE Staff
3 min read
DTE and CSE hold webinar on magazine's coverage of ICAR research
AI can guess racial categories from heart scans — what it means and why it matters
Tiarna Lee
4 min read
No matter how sophisticated, AI systems are not neutral
Pahalgam attack: What suspension of Indus Water Treaty means for Pakistan?
Hridayesh Joshi
2 min read
The move underscores India's willingness to employ all available measures in response to cross-border terrorism
What Donald Trump’s dramatic US trade war means for global climate action
Rakesh Gupta
4 min read
In the long term, the trade war is bad news for global efforts to cut emissions
Donald Trump, the 46th president of the United States, has issued a flurry of executive orders since taking office
Avantika Goswami
6 min read
The world cannot afford a backslide on fighting the climate emergency
What Trump’s withdrawal from climate change commitments means
Ajay Shankar
4 min read
The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is high on symbolism but in substance it will not mean much
How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires — and what that means for protecting homes today
Justin Angle
5 min read
More than 1/3rd of American homes are in wildland-urban interface — the zone where houses and other structures intermingle with flammable vegetation
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