No basic facilities, no vote, say residents of 160 villages
Lack of facilities like electricity, water and roads makes villagers in 14 states boycott the Lok Sabha elections
Rewind 2018: How farming hogged headlines, yet not spotlight
The country saw a host of agricultural protests, policies, disputes and distress in 2018; here’s all of it
Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?
The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …
Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India
People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report
Amrit kaal for adivasis? Union Budget 2023-24 weakens safety nets for tribals
Schemes for food security, child welfare, employment guarantee for tribals saw shrinking of funds
Sealed Nepal border, reverse migration puts villagers in Bihar's border town in a spot
The farmers in flood-prone villages lost access to a more lucrative market in Nepal, resort to distress sales to cut losses
Maharashtra rejects more agri insurance claims even as farm suicides double
No data on suicides across India since 2015; number of claim rejections far exceeded number of cases approved in 2016-18
Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA
The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country
Bhavantar Yojna: MP farmers refuse to sign up for 2nd round
Most of the over 200 farmers Down To Earth talked to in 6 villages of Hoshangabad and Sehore districts said they would not register for the …
The amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927 will create new markets & jobs for poor communities
After amending Section 2(7) of Indian Forest Act, 1927, bamboo is no longer a tree. This enables the livelihoods of forest communities as well as …
Common Facility Centre: A rallying point for SHG-FPO convergence
There is much to gain for FPOs if they converge with local SHGs. Nothing is more amenable for SHGs than delegating the responsibility of building …
Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay: How it aims to revive rural economy, organic farming
A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts …
Here's why 40% of India's farmers want to quit
A vicious cycle of debt and loan waivers is worsening the plight of the marginal and tenant farmer
Rajasthan faces farmers' ire for arresting their leaders ahead of indefinite protest
The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee says that the state government arrested farmer leaders on Tuesday to preempt an …
Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India
Frost-like conditions occur every year, but an episode like this happens once in three or four years
Every 4th suicide in 2019 by daily wage earners: NCRB
National Crime Records Bureau report shows 2/3 of those who died by suicides earned less than Rs 278 a day
Why are Wayanad tribals, farmers wary of poll promises?
It seems that tribal leaders, farmers and environmentalists are not impressed with Rahul Gandhi contesting from their constituency
Drought, but why: Area under cultivation has halved in Andhra Pradesh's Ananthapuramu
Decades of deficit rainfall, monoculture in agriculture and perpetually mounting farmer debts have left the district in the lurch
Jharkhand: Farmers wait through the night to apply for drought relief scheme
Server glitches mar application process for compensation scheme announced by state government
Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance
Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure
COVID-19: Bracing for agrarian crisis and food insecurity
Distress among marginal farmers and unavailability of food to migrant labourers has been largely ignored in Union government’s economic …
COVID-19: Punjab’s pond cleaning project gathers pace
The Punjab government generated employment of 1,052,524 man-days under the MGNREGA since May 12
Union Budget 2023: Foundation for sustainable farming is missing in India
Ambitious initiatives for farmers are promising but transition to sustainable agriculture requires healthy soil and inputs
COVID-19: Augmenting farmer access to long-term credit
Failing to protect farmers amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic can worsen India’s agrarian distress.
Delhi Chalo: Amid police face-off, farmers keep up the march
The ‘Delhi Chalo’ (Onward to Delhi) agitation began November 26, 2020, as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …