Don’t let lack of market access be a barrier in India's journey towards non-chemical farming: Experts
Policy support needed to leverage farmer-producer organisations & federations that operate in remote areas
Republic Day chaos a conspiracy; peaceful protests to go on: Samyukta Kisan Morcha
Farmers’ umbrella group alleges conspiracy by government and Kisan Mazdoor Shangharsh Committee
Why an American farmer commits suicide
Like their India counterparts, American farmers are losing income, piling up debt and nobody listens to them
New MSP: Govt fails to meet Swaminathan standards, yet again
While the Modi cabinet claims that land rent is included, calculations suggest otherwise
Nearly 600 farmer suicides in 8 months: Is Marathwada facing agri-distress
Activists blame government policies for the farmers’ situation, rather than extreme weather events
What to expect before Modi’s 'maha' deal for farmers
With just four months left for general elections, the Centre's package for farmers, even if cleared, will be partially implemented and left for …
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
Explainer: What is the Farmers Distress Index?
The index will try to anticipate this distress and prevent its spread from a few farmers to the village or block level
An agricultural labourer died by suicide every 2 hours in 2021: NCRB
Some 5,563 agricultural labourers died by suicide in 2021, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau
Scrap laws banning cattle slaughter, farm exports: Farmers
Farmer organisations say these laws and several others ensure farmers do not get their rightful pay
Farm distress: Crisis at large
High input cost, flawed MSP calculation and non-inclusive crop insurance scheme are problems perpetuating farm distress
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
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 …
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&…
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 …
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
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