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
The Looming Crisis in Indian Agriculture
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 Significance of Cohort Studies in Social Science
The Life Project, a new book by Helen Pearson, describes the rich history of cohort studies in the United Kingdom.* These are longitudinal studies of individual lives starting from the time of birth and continuing over an extended period.
Agriculture in Budget 2016
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
Cotton cultivation: Bt varieties and hybrids
“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)