• The Federal
    Vivian Fernandes
    About the AuthorVivian Fernandes
    Vivian Fernandes is a former journalist and blogs at www.smartindianagriculture.com.
      farmers
      Analysis

      Why farmers from Punjab, Haryana are at forefront of protests?

      19 Sept 2020 7:15 PM IST
      online transaction
      Business

      COVID gives boost to digital transactions even as cash remains king

      29 Aug 2020 6:13 AM IST
      Pesticide
      Opinion

      Govt in a rush to ban popular pesticides without gauging implications

      2 Aug 2020 6:20 AM IST
      Pesticide
      Features

      Restricting use of weedkiller will aggravate agricultural woes

      29 July 2020 6:15 AM IST
      Can a discovery made at Hyderabad’s Icrisat put more tur dal in your sambar?
      Analysis

      Can a discovery made at Hyderabad’s Icrisat put more tur dal in your sambar?

      21 July 2020 6:20 AM IST
      Palm Oil
      Business

      Plummeting palm oil demands amid COVID need ‘fair and lovely’ packaging

      29 Jun 2020 6:20 AM IST
      We can shun China all we like, but remember India’s just its alter ego
      Opinion

      We can shun China all we like, but remember India’s just its alter ego

      24 Jun 2020 12:22 PM IST
      Bamboo can help Delhi retain its air quality gains due to lockdown
      India

      Bamboo can help Delhi retain its air quality gains due to lockdown

      19 Jun 2020 6:30 AM IST
      How Centre’s agri ordinances will hit state revenues, Punjab the hardest
      Analysis

      How Centre’s agri ordinances will hit state revenues, Punjab the hardest

      8 Jun 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Needed: Ecosystem approach to help farmers reap agri reforms benefits
      Analysis

      Needed: Ecosystem approach to help farmers reap agri reforms benefits

      4 Jun 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Part 1: Farmers needed instant relief, but govt handed them a new policy
      Farm matters

      Part 1: Farmers needed instant relief, but govt handed them a new policy

      17 May 2020 9:10 AM IST
      If PM’s call for self-reliance means self-sufficiency, we’ll be worse-off
      Opinion

      If PM’s call for self-reliance means self-sufficiency, we’ll be worse-off

      14 May 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Migrant workers
      Opinion

      For BJP, migrants' plight may cause collateral damage sans political cost

      13 May 2020 6:30 AM IST
      To save garment industry, govt should dish out cheap credit, reimburse wages
      Business

      To save garment industry, govt should dish out cheap credit, reimburse wages

      7 May 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Grape growers grapple with losses as lockdown shuts door on profit  
      COVID-19

      Grape growers grapple with losses as lockdown shuts door on profit  

      30 April 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Farmers
      COVID-19

      India's enterprising farmers need a safety net amid COVID-19 lockdown

      18 April 2020 6:30 AM IST
      Indian government scraps royalty on Bayer’s proprietary Bt cotton seed
      COVID-19

      Indian government scraps royalty on Bayer’s proprietary Bt cotton seed

      1 April 2020 6:17 AM IST
      How Centres stress on solarising grid pumps will empower farmers
      Analysis

      How Centre's stress on solarising grid pumps will empower farmers

      27 Feb 2020 10:39 AM IST
      Better storage tech can save India from onion shortage woes
      India

      Better storage tech can save India from onion shortage woes

      11 Dec 2019 7:15 AM IST
      Stubble burning, Punjab, Haryana, air pollution, The Federal
      Analysis

      No-till, no burn method could be north India's answer to stubble burning

      27 Nov 2019 11:09 AM IST
      Farming, farmers, Crops, climate change, digital farming
      Opinion

      Future of farming: Charging growers for outcomes instead of inputs

      22 Oct 2019 7:00 AM IST
      Researchers develop an E-bandage that accelerates healing by 30%
      India

      How UP govt's delay to fix tender has put expecting mothers at risk of diabetes

      23 Sept 2019 2:21 PM IST
      PMs population scare: Self-interest, not patriotism, should guide family size
      Opinion

      PM's population scare: Self-interest, not patriotism, should guide family size

      21 Aug 2019 7:00 AM IST
      GM crops: How farmers are ploughing the field of frustration
      The Eighth Column

      GM crops: How farmers are ploughing the field of frustration

      9 Aug 2019 7:15 AM IST
      Ms FM, why go back to basics when Green Revolution hasn’t failed us?
      Opinion

      Ms FM, why go back to basics when Green Revolution hasn’t failed us?

      8 July 2019 10:00 AM IST
      Self-sufficiency in pulses in sight, but high duties not the solution in oilseeds
      Analysis

      Self-sufficiency in pulses in sight, but high duties not the solution in oilseeds

      5 July 2019 4:12 PM IST
      The Federal, English news website, farmers, Karnataka, rainfall deficit
      Opinion

      To double farmers' income, PM Modi should focus on eastern India

      1 July 2019 7:15 AM IST
      Election results cant help badly managed companies with connections
      The Eighth Column

      Election results can't help badly managed companies with connections

      23 May 2019 7:15 AM IST
      Paying for Rahuls Nyay: Slashing subsidies may be a hard sell
      Analysis

      Paying for Rahul's Nyay: Slashing subsidies may be a hard sell

      26 March 2019 6:18 PM IST
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