Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014)....Read More
Harish Damodaran is National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor of The Indian Express. A journalist with over 33 years of experience in agri-business and macroeconomic policy reporting and analysis, he has previously worked with the Press Trust of India (1991-94) and The Hindu Business Line (1994-2014).
Jan 23, 2023 06:15 IST
Conditions this winter have so far been ideal for wheat, but not that good for mustard. It is...
Tue, Jan 24, 2023
Jan 18, 2023 06:00 IST
The potential implications, especially economic, of China's shrinking population and India's...
Thu, Jan 19, 2023
Jan 16, 2023 07:15 IST
The Amul model has been about both farmer empowerment and valuing professional management in...
Sat, Jan 21, 2023
Jan 09, 2023 18:18 IST
Sodhi said he joined GCMMF on March 1982 as a senior sales officer and retired on December 31,...
Tue, Jan 10, 2023
Jan 09, 2023 07:12 IST
Easing of global prices has boosted fertiliser availability and cut the subsidy bill. However,...
Tue, Jan 10, 2023
Jan 02, 2023 07:00 IST
Despite their nutritional advantages for consumers, and hardiness (including resistance to drought)...
Tue, Jan 03, 2023
Dec 28, 2022 06:30 IST
Two wars are raging in 2022, which have upended the assumption of “doux commerce”. We take a...
Thu, Dec 29, 2022
Dec 12, 2022 04:11 IST
Data from the Department of Fertilisers shows a 3.7 per cent increase in the sale of urea during...
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
Dec 11, 2022 16:12 IST
The Rs 532,446.79 crore spending on subsidy in 2022-23 would be the second highest after the Rs...
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
Dec 06, 2022 18:26 IST
Alagh, who was 83, was emeritus professor at Ahmedabad-based Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and...
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
Dec 04, 2022 19:51 IST
Timely onset of winter, and improved fertiliser availability have boosted rabi plantings. Most open...
Mon, Dec 05, 2022
Dec 01, 2022 04:16 IST
According to the Agriculture Ministry's first advance estimates of production released on September...
Thu, Dec 01, 2022
Nov 28, 2022 06:30 IST
While direct income support makes more economic sense than farm subsidies, its benefits don't reach...
Sun, Nov 27, 2022
Nov 22, 2022 06:58 IST
China is set to register an absolute population decline. Its crisis from a dwindling and ageing...
Tue, Jan 17, 2023
Nov 14, 2022 07:00 IST
India's agriculture exports are growing, and could hit a new high this fiscal. But imports are...
Mon, Nov 14, 2022
Nov 09, 2022 06:10 IST
The demand for glyphosate has grown with increased cultivation of "illegal" herbicide-tolerant GM...
Wed, Nov 09, 2022
Nov 05, 2022 01:35 IST
The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation’s Food Price Index (FPI) averaged 135.9 points in...
Sat, Nov 05, 2022
Oct 29, 2022 04:00 IST
BG-II RRF cotton had already undergone biosafety research and field trials by 2012-13. The dossier...
Sat, Oct 29, 2022
Oct 27, 2022 04:05 IST
What is the transgenic hybrid mustard DMH-11 that has been cleared by the Genetic Engineering...
Thu, Oct 27, 2022
Oct 26, 2022 13:27 IST
If approved, DMH-11, developed by the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, would be...
Thu, Oct 27, 2022
Oct 23, 2022 14:06 IST
The position in water, nutrients, and prices is good. Farmers would like to compensate for a...
Sun, Oct 23, 2022
Oct 17, 2022 06:54 IST
There is a spurt of celebrity interest in 'plant-based' meat and dairy. What is 'mock' meat, how...
Tue, Oct 18, 2022
Oct 13, 2022 17:58 IST
Cereal inflation, at over 11.5 per cent in September, is the highest since end-2013. With the next...
Fri, Oct 14, 2022
Oct 12, 2022 04:00 IST
The effects of these – and demands to hike duties on oil imports – are being seen at the Dewas...
Wed, Oct 12, 2022
Oct 10, 2022 05:18 IST
India’s agricultural production statistics sometimes present dissonances with consumption data....
Mon, Oct 10, 2022