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India's cotton farms need better soil, not just new GM seeds
July 02, 2026 5:30 am
Soil organic carbon in Indian croplands averages just 0.3-0.6 per cent, far below the globally accepted minimum of 1-1.5 per cent for productive soils, with critically low levels below 0.25 per cent recorded across cotton-growing regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
In cotton fields, policy is undoing what science built. That's the challenge for the Cotton Productivity Mission
June 08, 2026 5:57 am
The Mission’s intent is welcome, but does it have the technology that global giants provide? The simple answer is ‘no’.
Explained: The crisis in India's cotton production, and what can help
April 07, 2025 12:05 pm
The pink bollworm has brought down India’s cotton production by a quarter in the last decade. While a few seed companies have developed new genetically modified hybrids resistant to the dreaded insect pest, regulatory barriers are coming in the way of their commercialisation.
Cotton crisis in Punjab: How regulatory hurdles might be making things worse
March 03, 2025 7:04 pm
Ahead of the cotton sowing season in Punjab, there has been an increasing demand for Bollgard-3, a pest-resistant cotton variety which is yet to become available in India
Major breakthrough: PAU develops leaf curl virus-resistant breeding lines for cotton crop
August 03, 2024 9:57 am
Speaking to The Indian Express, Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, said that the breakthrough has been achieved after more than two decades of research by the university's cotton scientists.
Scourge of the pink bollworm, and why cotton farmers struggle to deal with it
July 20, 2024 12:35 pm
Cotton acreage in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan has significantly dropped because of the pink pest. Why have the states failed to deal with the issue?
Millers, ginners concerned over raw material shortage in coming days
September 12, 2023 4:14 am
National Cooperative Agricultural Marketing Federation (NAFED) is the biggest stockist of chana with around 27 lakh tonne of the procured chana with them. “Most traders and millers are procuring from NAFED,” said a trader from Akola.
Why India’s falling cotton production is a worry
September 12, 2023 10:13 am
The pink bollworm has taken a toll on the fibre crop, even as new “mating disruption” technologies to control the pest are showing promise.
Maharashtra: Farmers' union to provide seeds of HtBt cotton, asks farmers to register online
June 09, 2021 9:08 pm
Since 2018, the Shetkari Sanghatana has started a public civil disobedience movement demanding the legalisation of this transgenic cotton.
Govt regulates glyphosate use, farmers allege bid to restrict herbicide-tolerant Bt cotton
July 15, 2020 6:22 am
As per estimates, of the total weedicides sold in India worth Rs 4,500 crore annually, glyphosate alone accounts for over Rs 1,100 crore, with the most-talked about application being in cotton crops.
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