Bihar scrapped APMC Act, mandi system 14 years ago; here’s what it did to farmers

Why are farmers protesting the government’s ’reforms’, ask many. A look at how Bihar’s farmers have fared may explain&…

Farmers' uprising in Rajasthan

Four farmers killed in police firing while demanding more water for irrigation; anger still brewing

Potato test for government

The crash in potato price is triggering a wave of suicides in several states. Will the NDA government's ambitious Price Stabilisation Fund help …

Leaving the farmer in his agony

The BJP government is set on introducing policies which will deepen the agrarian crisis instead of reviving the rural economy

Weak link

As Madhya Pradesh's ambitious plan to transport Narmada water to the Malwa plateau takes shape, it demonstrates the futility of river-…

Benchmark for protests

Gujjar form of protests are all the rage with people of Rajasthan, be they farmers or camel herders

India's game plan on GATT: Will it work?

The government says there are opportunities to improve the Dunkel packager but not all are convinced that it is trying hard enough. …

Written in blood

The police firing on helpless farmers in Madhya Pradesh was one of the most grisly incidents in recent times. But the tragedy was precipitated by …

Field report

Bt cotton farmers in Karnataka are an insecure and confused lot, and neither the government, nor Mahyco or the anti-Mahyco groups are any help at all

Orissa's stick is Chhattisgarh's carrot

orissa might well be at the receiving end of one of Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi's pre-poll sops meant to benefit his own states's …

CSE-DTE analysis finds 195 farmers’ protests across India since 2023 signal deep discontent in agrarian sector

Anger and distress in farmers goes beyond MSP, finds annual book State of India's Environment In Figures, 2024

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

Tracking locust attack: Cotton crop spread over 700 hectares destroyed in Bikaner

Farmers in a dilemma with no income to pay for living expenses as well as debt

Powered by grass

Organic cotton

No land to farm

With urbanisation of rural areas, space for food production in India is decreasing

Agitation resurrected

Compensation demand

Stubble trouble

Post-harvest clumps in rice fields burn and increasepollution in Punjab

Survival at stake

Uttaranchal tea estates bane for farmers

Biotechnology for poor farmers

It's a myth

In Court

Erratic weather hits Bangladesh's boro rice

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