Shorter life cycles: Disposables, the new durablesWhat Bic unleashed from the mid-20th century - the shortened life cycle - has become a default setting in today's world of consumer durable...
India's tractor sales could touch a record 900,000 units this fiscal year. Here's whyThis shift from bullock to tractor happened at a time when the population of male cattle fell to 47.4 million in the 2019 livestock census,...
Picking up profits: Making the best use of windfallsAcross the world the agricultural roots of our societies are shown in how myths and folktales feature disputes over wandering cattle or que...
View: To double farm exports, government needs to halve HindutvaIndia is one of the biggest exporters of buffalo meat. But export economics have been disrupted by Hindutva.
3 instances in history tell you why it’s time to run away from bitcoinThe bitcoin bubble has been created due to excessive demand in the market and rising prices.
Will the Environment Ministry order really ruin leather and meat processing industries?The meat industry will be happy if buffalo is removed from the definition of cattle, as the bulk of its exports is buffalo meat, unlike lea...
Bovine meat exports fall on China ban, Brazil competitionIndia’s buffalo meat exports are down almost 16% to $3.17 billion in the first three quarters of 2015-16 from $3.77 billion in the year-ago...
The Dadri effect: Killing beef-eaters will not win electionsBJP theorists will claim that the cultural popularity and mobilizing power of the anti-cow-slaughter movement will eclipse any economic sid...
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In a country with over 30% of the population below the poverty line, when it comes to growth versus inflation, fighting inflation should wi...
- Cuba giving land to private farmers
Cuba has decided on a major expansion of its program to distribute underused and fallow farmland to private farmers and cooperatives.