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).
Mar 03, 2016 02:05 IST
Paying market prices upfront is more difficult in nutrients than in LPG ...
Thu, Mar 03, 2016
Mar 01, 2016 04:50 IST
There are many initiatives in this Budget that indicate a conscious attempt by the government to...
Tue, Mar 01, 2016
Mar 01, 2016 01:06 IST
‘Expect 215 crore person-days of employment in 2016-17’...
Tue, Mar 01, 2016
Mar 01, 2016 01:01 IST
Low global prices for oil and fertilisers help contain total outgo at Rs 2,50,000 crore...
Tue, Mar 01, 2016
Feb 25, 2016 05:11 IST
PMGSY has connected remote hamlets to the national highways, from where it’s a smoother ride...
Thu, Feb 25, 2016
Feb 25, 2016 02:17 IST
The average annual MGNREGA spend in TN, for instance, is two-and-a-half times more than that for...
Thu, Feb 25, 2016
Feb 25, 2016 02:12 IST
Not many programmes have impacted the Indian hinterland the way Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana...
Thu, Feb 25, 2016
Feb 23, 2016 00:49 IST
Agriculture doesn’t pay that much, land is no longer the source of power it once was, and the...
Tue, Feb 23, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 04:33 IST
The GoS has backed the commercialisation of both these transgenic crops keeping in view India's...
Mon, Feb 22, 2016
Feb 18, 2016 02:20 IST
Total foodgrain production in 2015-16 is expected at 253.16 million tonnes (mt), according to the...
Thu, Feb 18, 2016
Feb 18, 2016 02:15 IST
Mustard holds the key for reducing India’s edible oil imports. And GM technology has a role to...
Thu, Feb 18, 2016
Feb 11, 2016 02:47 IST
The Syngenta deal is a pointer to China’s larger food security goals that has relevance for...
Thu, Feb 11, 2016
Feb 08, 2016 00:55 IST
On Friday, the country’s biotechnology regulator deferred a decision on allowing commercial...
Mon, Feb 08, 2016
Feb 06, 2016 04:16 IST
Will not halt research but not rushing through decision, says...
Sat, Feb 06, 2016
Feb 04, 2016 05:51 IST
Cooperatives saddled with excess stocks as private dairies slash...
Thu, Feb 04, 2016
Feb 04, 2016 05:47 IST
The drop in cattle population in Maharashtra is a cause of concern, especially when the decline is...
Thu, Feb 04, 2016
Jan 30, 2016 00:22 IST
Indian policymakers obsessively focus on crises in the West, and underestimate the problems...
Sat, Jan 30, 2016
Jan 21, 2016 01:37 IST
Under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, farmers can benefit with both lower premiums...
Thu, Jan 21, 2016
Jan 21, 2016 01:33 IST
Simply put, what is a 5-HP pump, on paper, actually draws electricity that a 6.7-HP motor would,...
Thu, Jan 21, 2016
Jan 15, 2016 03:03 IST
What IARI scientists have now bred is a ‘determinate’ early-maturing pigeon-pea, which produces...
Fri, Jan 15, 2016
Jan 14, 2016 01:30 IST
Agri-entrepreneur helps take low-erucic acid variety from lab to...
Thu, Jan 14, 2016
Jan 08, 2016 00:55 IST
Field reports suggest that the mustard crop — currently about 70-90 days old and at the...
Fri, Jan 08, 2016
Jan 07, 2016 01:13 IST
Drip irrigation, making urea in Iran, and pushing pulses in Punjab should be top policy...
Thu, Jan 07, 2016
Jan 06, 2016 03:23 IST
The seeming revival over the last two quarters reverses the trend of declining employment under...
Wed, Jan 06, 2016
Dec 24, 2015 02:30 IST
China has overtaken the US to be the world’s largest provider of support to its...
Thu, Dec 24, 2015