About forty lakh hectare of land is under cotton cultivation in Maharashtra. Once known as the prosperous cotton-belt; today the irony is that the state tops the list when it comes to suicides by farmers. Further, almost all of them are cotton farmers mostly from Vidarbha. At present, Vidarbha...

If the recent exponential increase in food prices is any indication, India faces the risk of food crisis. Agriculture is defined as the science and practice of activities relating to, processing, marketing, distribution, utilization, and trade of food, feed and fiber. Agriculture remains an...

Pulses are important in global agriculture not only for its nutritive value as a major source of protein, but also plays an important role in making agriculture sustainable. On the sustainability front, pulses need less water, less input intensive and also fixes atmospheric nitrogen (N)....

Implementation of the project 'Addressing Barriers to Rice Seeds Trade between India and Bangladesh' (RISTE) has contributed to a constructive dialogue on trade and cooperation between the two countries. Through action research, networking and advocacy, it has involved policy makers, research...

The paper reveals that formal trade in HYV rice seeds between India and Bangladesh is hampered by inefficiencies in the use of available resources, non-tariff barriers, inappropriate pricing of inputs and outputs, among others. It has been identified that there are significant variations in per...

Over thirty years have passed since the Bhopal chemical disaster began, and in that time scholars of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have discussed and debated several frameworks for improving corporate response to social and environmental problems. However, CSR discourse rarely delves...

India's economic standing and its policy landscape have come a long way since the 1943 Bengal famine. History saw buffer stocking of food grains as a famine-combating tool. Today, apart from serving as an effective hedge in times of famines, such grain stocks are a conduit deployed by the...

Odisha’s economy is predominantly agriculture driven. Exports from mining industries remained a significant source of foreign exchange. However, over a period, aquaculture exports have also emerged as a lucrative possibility. It is a perfectly suitable sector considering the long coastline,...

The problem of food security is de facto and global. While we look at the financial crisis we cannot ignore the almost forgotten food crisis. India has revolutionised its agriculture but there is the phenomenon of food mountains and lakes alongside poverty, malnutrition and ill-health. For an...

Background: Agricultural soils contribute towards the emission of CH4 (mainly from paddy fields) and N2O (from N-fertilizer application), the two important greenhouse gases causing global warming. Most studies had developed the inventories of CH4 and N2O emission at the country level (larger...