Canada Whenever India becomes a global leader in any agricultural commodity, malicious campaigns funded by foreign sources begin. When India’s cotton production began to accelerate in early 2000, Greenpeace (international activist NGO) published a study Arrested...
Uncategorized “Our biggest weakness is not realizing / utilizing the strength of Indian agriculture. India’s agri-input industry (seeds, fertilizers and pesticides) have played a significant role in making India a global leader in the field of agriculture”...
Pepper. Brazil beats India The name pepper comes from Sanskrit pippali, meaning berry. Vasco de Gama discovered sea-spice route to India in 1498 mainly to procure pepper. Vietnam began cultivation of pepper only in 1990s , but in 2003 overtook India as the...
Is there cancer catastrophe in India? We have all read, rather repeatedly, in the media that there is a cancer catastrophe in India especially in Punjab on account of intensive agriculture that requires use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. This is a...
