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Ground Reality

77 articles · 2003–2015

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  1. Why relief packages and loan waivers won’t be enough to stem farm suicides

    Report · Agriculture · 13 April 2015

  2. Why Jaitley’s budget has failed to bring cheer to our farmers

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · 28 February 2015

  3. Why easy land is no guarantee of industrial growth

    Report · Economy · Land · 9 February 2015

  4. Rest in peace, food self-sufficiency

    Report · Agriculture · Food Security · 24 December 2014

  5. There are more things in heaven and earth than stock markets!

    Opinion · Agriculture · Economy · 4 September 2014

  6. How about smart villages, Mr Modi?

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · 16 July 2014

  7. A silent revolution brewing on our farms

    Report · Agriculture · Food Security · 13 June 2014

  8. Can farmers look ahead to “acche din” as well?

    Report · Agriculture · Economy · 28 May 2014

  9. Will The NYT bat against Washington apples in India?

    Report · Agribusiness · Economy · 28 April 2014

  10. A few facts for GM-advocate Manmohan Singh

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · GM Crops · 10 February 2014

  11. FDI: Neither necessary, nor sufficient

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 21 January 2014 · 6 responses

  12. Bad Economics, bad politics

    Opinion · Society · 25 December 2013

  13. US-EU spanner in the works of India's food security programme

    Opinion · Agribusiness · Food Security · 18 November 2013

  14. Uttar Pradesh to set up 2000+ mandis

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · Uttar Pradesh · 1 May 2011

  15. The Anna Hazare phenomenon

    Opinion · Society · 26 April 2011

  16. The Borlaug I knew

    Opinion · Food Security · History · 23 September 2009

  17. Food for all? Not through the NFSA.

    Opinion · Food Security · 17 July 2009

  18. New language, old crisis

    Opinion · Agriculture · 3 March 2009

  19. Corporates look for rural gold

    Opinion · Society · 31 January 2009

  20. A stimulus package for farmers?

    Opinion · Agriculture · 21 December 2008

  21. Outsourcing food production

    Opinion · Agribusiness · Food Security · 24 November 2008 · 6 responses

  22. Pause before you eat

    Opinion · GM Crops · 19 September 2008 · 10 responses

  23. Protection at home, preaching abroad

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 25 September 2007

  24. Weeding out wheat

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · Trade · 19 June 2007

  25. Growing credibility gap

    Opinion · Trade · 23 April 2007

  26. Lessons from the cotton debacle

    Opinion · Society · 8 April 2007

  27. Under pressure, India makes U-turn

    Opinion · Trade · 15 March 2007

  28. Big box retail will boost poverty

    Opinion · Poverty · 16 February 2007 · 5 responses

  29. The new Maharajas

    Opinion · Society · 16 December 2006 · 8 responses

  30. Reviving Agriculture

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 15 November 2006 · 7 responses

  31. Has the Bt cotton bubble burst?

    Opinion · GM Crops · 7 October 2006

  32. The 'Free trade' explosion

    Opinion · Economy · Trade · 13 September 2006

  33. Much ado about nothing

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 27 December 2005

  34. Theatre of the absurd

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 6 November 2005

  35. The politics of farm technologies

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 9 October 2005

  36. Rice in a private grip

    Opinion · GM Crops · 21 September 2005

  37. Who will make hunger history?

    Opinion · Society · 6 August 2005

  38. Conflict of approaches

    Opinion · Society · 29 June 2005

  39. Hold economists accountable too

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 4 April 2005

  40. No pesticides, no Bt cotton, no pests!

    Opinion · GM Crops · Andhra Pradesh · 5 March 2005

  41. Food safety bill may hurt hawkers

    Opinion · Consumers · Laws · 10 February 2005

  42. Ahluwalia echoes World Bank's line

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 31 January 2005

  43. Tsunami, mangroves and market economy

    Opinion · Forests · 11 January 2005

  44. Death knell for low cost medicines

    Opinion · Economy · Health · 1 December 2004

  45. Entitled to subsidies!

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 1 October 2004

  46. Tax India, fail Bharat

    Opinion · Society · 1 August 2004

  47. Against the grain

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 August 2004

  48. Faulty frame, savage reality

    Opinion · Agribusiness · 1 August 2004

  49. The policy has no clothes

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 1 July 2004

  50. Once again, fooling the world

    Report · Agribusiness · Agriculture · 1 June 2004

  51. GM food and hunger

    Opinion · Society · 1 April 2004

  52. India becoming a GM-trashbin?

    Opinion · GM Crops · 1 April 2004

  53. Rural poor to pay for urban elite

    Opinion · Trade · 1 March 2004

  54. Turning farmers into brokers

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 1 February 2004

  55. Towards a grey revolution?

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 1 February 2004

  56. Rice is now Oryza syngenta

    Opinion · Agriculture · GM Crops · 1 February 2004

  57. Nothing much to feel good about

    Opinion · Society · 1 January 2004

  58. Busy exploiting hunger

    Opinion · GM Crops · 1 December 2003

  59. Charity in the name of science

    Opinion · Agriculture · Trade · 1 November 2003

  60. Flogging a dead horse

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 November 2003

  61. No GM please, we are British

    Opinion · GM Crops · 1 October 2003

  62. Rigged results, failed promises

    Opinion · GM Crops · 1 October 2003

  63. The great trade robbery

    Opinion · Agriculture · Trade · 1 September 2003

  64. WTO: End of the road?

    Opinion · Agriculture · Trade · 1 September 2003

  65. Disquiet before Cancun

    Opinion · Economy · Trade · 1 August 2003

  66. Man and cow - a new equality of species

    Opinion · Society · 1 August 2003

  67. Abandoning agriculture

    Opinion · Agriculture · Trade · 1 July 2003

  68. Reorienting research priorities

    Opinion · Agriculture Policy · 1 July 2003

  69. Eliminating hunger or the hungry?

    Report · Agriculture · GM Crops · 1 June 2003

  70. From Pomato to Protato

    Opinion · Agriculture · GM Crops · 1 June 2003

  71. Pests, Pesticides and Modern Science

    Opinion · Agriculture · Tamil Nadu · 1 May 2003

  72. Making agriculture attractive

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 March 2003

  73. A scientific fairytale

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 February 2003

  74. Suppressing criticism

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 February 2003

  75. Zero tolerance for farm subsidies

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 February 2003

  76. Feeding the farmers

    Opinion · Agriculture · 1 January 2003

  77. The GM potato hoax

    Opinion · Agriculture · GM Crops · 1 January 2003