Shift grain bowl status from North to other regions of India
Balwinder Singh Sidhu, agriculture commissioner and chief conservator of soils in Punjab, is known for giving his opinion in a frank and …
Technology interventions that save water
It was early June. Jaspal Ram of Lehra Turkot in district Bathinda of Punjab was busy in his field putting gunny bags filled with mud on a plank …
Low inflation rates and dipping food prices: Where do they leave the farmer
Almost a fifth of India's consumer goods basket was in deflation zone in January. All were food items
India's Cow Crisis Part 3: Brutal to kill India’s ancient uber economy
Sunita Narain on cow-vigilantism, cattle trade and the collapse of the livestock economy of India
Why potato means bad news in Punjab now
A cycle of misery kicked off by demonetisation still haunts farmers as well as cold storage owners
Rs 1,402,680,000,000: India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16
This is India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16. More than three times of India's annual agriculture budget, this money could have been …
Why farmers don't have electoral clout
Although farmers vote at least as much, if not more than industrial workers or urban middle classes, elections are not fought around farmers' issues
Indian agriculture is under an invisible emergency
At a time when farmers strive to get the right price for crops, more money in their hands can help reignite the country's economy
State of India's farmers: Lost crops, lost resources, lost lives
After much delay, the Centre reluctantly released the data on farmer suicide. While the overall numbers have dipped, farmer suicide cases are …
India's Cow Crisis Part 2: Threat of decline looms over livestock economy after 35 years’ growth
The circular economy of cattle has ruptured, threatening livelihoods of India’s poorest. The value output of the livestock economy is Rs 9.…
It's time we shift farmers' economic burden
Assured net income, including assured minimum support price for crops, can put an end to farmer suicide cases in India
State of India’s environment: Why farmers kill themselves
The back of the Indian farmour is against the wall amid rising costs of inputs, climate change-induced risks and faulty market mechanisms
Decolonising the ‘idea of the farmer’ through the eyes of Munshi Premchand
A critical analysis of the Hindi author’s stories can help policymakers empathically tear into the cobweb that has the Indian farmer …
Drought but why: How poverty is aggravated
Study shows during drought years in Rajasthan, the vulnerability of rural households to poverty increases
Go for inclusive growth
As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business
It may take at least 25 years to double farmers’ income: study
A soon-to-be-released study reconfirms deep agrarian crisis showing stagnancy in farm income in most states
Doubling farmers’ income by 2022 a challenge: NABARD official
When most of the terms of trade are against farmers, doubling their income by 2022 will be a challenge unless we address the post-production issues
Why farmers in northern Ghana go to bed hungry
Rural food systems need to be transformed into productive, profitable activities for farming households
Sharp fall in farm suicides in 2016 claims latest NCRB data
Telangana not among top five aby more; Maharshtra, Karnataka still at top
Only 15% landholders earn 91% of total national income
Income inequality makes agrarian crisis challenging; inequality is worse among farmers than the formal economy
Point of no agri-returns Part 2: Every year, farmers lose Rs 63,000 crore for not being able to sell their produce
That explains why agrarian riots have increased by over 600 per cent in the last three years
Farmer suicides increase for every 1°C rise in temperature during growing season: study
Temperature and precipitation deviations during the growing season have a distinct impact on suicide rates in the country
Farmers don’t commit suicide, they make sacrifice
In India, 34 farmers commit suicide every day; but the question is what drives them to do it?
How peasants are an indelible part of Sikh theology, history and tradition
The latest protests against the new farm laws only validate the importance of the peasant in Sikh religion and society
Punctured cover: India's crop insurance scheme loses sheen
Insurers withdraw from Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as extreme weather events spike claim rates resulting in heavy losses