Stewards' Blog
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Friday, 30 July 2010 World Cup Revenge
Weevils are so much easier to manage than microbes. You can see the critters, and they multiply at relatively slow rates. They do not over-winter inside fruits, and could never stand even the mildest of winters in Northern...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 I am disappointed
The green bluster seems to be all hot air. Why else would we persist with such outmoded measures of agri-input development? World fertiliser demand set to grow (5 July, Farmers' Weekly Interactive)
It is silly to plan for...
Monday, 26 July 2010 Not Altruistic
We do no favours for repressed rural women when we recognise their invaluable collective place in sustainable agricultural productivity. Everyone stands to gain when the world is inspired by the leads at this endearing link: FAO...
Saturday, 24 July 2010 Recurrent
Why is it that sporadic pests other than locusts have such appealing names? We seem to celebrate their swarming nature, rather than fear their destructive potentials. These were my first reactions on opening this article: Oak...
Thursday, 22 July 2010 No time for rustiness
I recall a day when I woke up in Saurashtra (Western India, just belowPakistan), and found miles, yes miles of peanuts (groundnuts) lost to rustovernight. The crop involved here is wheat, but I tremble nevertheless: Wheat rust...