Farm distress: Crisis at large
High input cost, flawed MSP calculation and non-inclusive crop insurance scheme are problems perpetuating farm distress
This Kenyan farmer is modernizing — and maintaining a circular mindset
A concept of growing interest in developed countries, a circular economy keeps resources in use for as long as possible, and extracts maximum value
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 …
'Pressure from banks pushes farmers to commit suicide'
One year since the Maharashtra farmer protests, Down To Earth speaks to Raghunath Dada Patil on the deepening crisis
For Rajasthan farmers, pest attacks mean loss of income, debt burden
Frequency of attacks, increased due to climate change, is severely affecting the yield and meteorically escalating production costs
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 …
Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt
Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture&…
Uttarakhand farmers fall back on traditional food processing methods to boost earnings
Marketing of local varieties of food products can also increase farmers’ income
Farmer and the new-age health market
India’s booming nutraceutical market provides a big opportunity to farmer producer organisations
India needs a comprehensive approach to prevent pesticide related suicides
Most persons who engage in suicidal behaviour don't want to die but the government lacks proper data on the incidence of pesticide poisoning …
3 in 5 persons at farmer protest sites near Delhi have to defecate in open: Survey
Inadequate provisioning of toilets compromising health, nutrition and hygiene for all protesters, especially women, survey by Jan Swasthya …
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
Padma Shri awardees include 12 farmers
Out of the 94 Padma Shri awardees, 12 farmers have been awarded for various activities like organic farming, traditional seed conservation and …
Heavy sway: Big corporations with power over farmer producer companies is diluting their purpose
Cluster-based business organisation were started to hand-hold small farmers’ businesses, but now control the FPCs instead
Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …
How COVID-19 controls hit farmers in 7 low-income countries, most in Africa
In countries with strictest controls, 80% smallholder households reported major disruptions
Death by pesticides: farmers continue to die as India flouts global norms
The pesticides that have killed 272 farmers in Maharashtra in the last four years are banned in most countries
What is pushing India's small dairy farmers out of business?
A new study establishes a link between global development in dairy industries and slowing down of local small-scale dairy business
The impregnable fortress of Telangana government
Are the chief minister and his government turning a deaf ear to the people of the state?
Why India's debut farm investment support scheme is leaving out many beneficiaries
The most expensive farmer welfare scheme in Telangana is providing land-owning farmers monetary assistance even before they plant the first …
Haryana tries to dissuade farmers from growing paddy, most remain sceptical
The problem started when the government encouraged the cultivation of rice under the Green Revolution in the 1960s
Voice calls to help Andhra farmers in decision-making
The interactive voice response system has been introduced in Anantapur district to cover groundnut farmers
Sugarcane crisis: Govt focuses on technology fixes, but not on mounting dues to farmers
While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s measures were directed mostly towards tackling …
The minuscule system of pricing
First, a farmer must sell the produce at a price wrongly discounted by unscientific calculation. Second, an unholy nexus of many players pushes …
Harvest of losses
Will the loan waiver announced by the Maharashtra government help alleviate farmers' plight?
