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This blog introduces some very interesting views on agrarian issues by Professor Saturnino M. (“Jun”) Borras. Professor Borras delivered the inaugural lecture on agrarian justice at the International Institute for Social
Agriculture is vital to the survival of humanity, and developments in the agricultural sector have short-term and long-term implications for the welfare of humankind. The twentieth century saw a general transformation of agricultural production
Indian agriculture is facing challenging times yet again. In a recent special edition on “Indian Agriculture Today” in the Economic and Political Weekly (20 February 2016), Abhijit Sen points to the slowdown in
The Union Budget of 2016 has widely been publicised as a “pro-farmer” Budget An analysis by R. Ramakumar in the current issue of Frontline critically assesses the claim that farmers’ incomes will be doubled by 2022. Ramakumar shows that th
“The main reason why India has been unable to harness the full potential of Bt cotton technology is that it got caught in the hybrid trap,” writes K. R. Kranthi, eminent entomologist and Director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR)