One year after Mandsaur, farmers remain a disenfranchised lot; demands not heard
Besides loan waiver and MSP+50 per cent as remuneration, the farmers are now demanding fixed income
Farm income can go up by Rs 1,939 crore on one condition
India can achieve this if it replaces 1 per cent of the area under food grains with horticulture
Farm distress: Crisis at large
High input cost, flawed MSP calculation and non-inclusive crop insurance scheme are problems perpetuating farm distress
Point of no agri-returns Part 5: 50,000 dedicated scientists, still, agriculture is an orphan of science
Technologies developed for agricultural purposes are mostly limited to farms around research institutions, says a government report
'560 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra after hailstorms'
State minister says relief will be provided to even those farmers who have not taken loans though their applications were rejected
Republic’s task cut out: Back India’s farmers, don’t go after them
The focus needs to be steadfast on India’s agrarian crisis and problems faced by farmers, not on what happened or didn’t on …
World Soil Day: Tackle soil pollution and do away with food insecurity, says FAO
The UN agency says that addressing this issue will also help bring down soil degradation, stem rural migration and adapt to climate change
Nagaland paddy farmers worry over drought-like conditions
Paddy is grown mostly for self-consumption in Nagaland. A drought-like situation due to deficit rainfall has affected cultivation
Climate change escalates suicide rates among Marathwada farmers
Farmer suicides have increased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities incurred heavy losses
Crop holiday: What made these Andhra paddy farmers consider it
Lack of payment of dues, no change in MSPs and creaking infrastructure has caused farmers in AP’s Godavari delta region to refrain from …
NITI Aayog meeting: PM finally comes around to the existence of water, agrarian crises
These issues existed before elections and persist now. Difference: nobody from the government was owning it up and now they are recognising the …
Odisha’s BJD sounds poll bugle with rally on farm issues in Delhi
The rally will revolve around the agrarian distress, which emerged as the weakest point for the BJP in recent Assembly elections
Finally, a breakthrough on agriculture on the cards at Bonn
Draft document on agriculture stresses on assessment of risks, a differentiation of vulnerability and actions required based on farming systems …
Interim Budget 2019: Government's big farmer push falls short
The government’s 6,000 per year offer works out to Rs 3.30 a day, which can't even buy a cup of tea
Smita Narula on Farmer Suicides
Did you know that every 30 minutes a farmer commits suicide in India? Listen to Smita Narula, faculty director at the Center for Human Rights and …
NSO survey: Most farmers selling in local markets, government agencies procure the least
Farmers in general satisfied with return from local sale, but a significant percentage of them get lower than market price
Will Punjab and Haryana HC’s recommendations reduce farmers’ burden?
The court’s suggestions, like making MSP a legal right and increasing it to thrice the cost of production, are practical but need effort in …
Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA
The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country
Crops failing against rising temperatures, pest attacks: Study
Rising temperatures due to climate change may be compounding the stress on crops in multiple ways, it says
More than half farm-households in India are in debt: NSSO report
Households in southern states are most indebted; 40 per cent agricultural-households take loan from informal sources like money lenders
Why are Madhya Pradesh farmers throwing away their garlic crops?
The production of the allium has doubled in the last decade; Chinese, Iranian garlic with larger cloves in greater demand, say farmers
India’s agrarian distress: How dissent has been on the rise
At least 50 major protests were reported across 20 Indian states in 9 months between January and September 2020
South Africa topples Tunisia as most food secure — what are the lessons for sub–Saharan Africa
Governments must employ multi-pronged approach to ensure affordability, availability, quality and safety of food
Budget 2018: Can Centre allay farmers’ concerns over price crash, low market density?
The average agricultural growth has reached its lowest in the last four years to 1.9 per cent
Indian farmers protests: The higher the yield, the greater the discontent
Loss of faith in government due to its perceived failure on multiple fronts regarding agrarian issues in the last 11 months have now boiled over