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 …

Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export

Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market

Into the abyss?

The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report

CAG blames Centre for increase in foodgrain procurement cost

Lack of specific method in determining minimum support price of grains caused variation in margins over production, says report

A fiscal crisis: Why FCI needs provisioning in food subsidy budget

Mounting expenses, under-provisioning of food subsidy budget leading to a huge debt is highly worrisome 

PM should head food security bill: M S Swaminathan

Giving right to food is not enough to deliver food, say speakers at a conference on food security

Maharashtra farmers demand better price. Chief minister offers aid package

Considering the acreage of soybean, cotton and paddy, the aid would be a paltry Rs 941 per ha

Vidarbha farmers unhappy with minimum support price for cash crops

Agriculture ministry overlooked increased input and labour costs, ignored state government recommendations

Food security bill forgoes nutrition security

The bill will ensure food for millions of hungry Indians. But has the government identified them?

Punjab's paddy dilemma

In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …

Farmers’ protests increased five times in India from 2017-2021: CSE

The number of protests rose to 165 across 22 states in 2020-21 from 34 across 15 states in 2017

Is legal assurance of MSP for farmers viable? What are its implications?

A legal guarantee means that there will be legal provisions for farmers to get the MSP for all 23 crops when they sell them

Simply Put: Feeding the world

Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border

DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab

Simply Put: In a foreign land?

Delhi Chalo: Farmers to start for national capital at 10 am after talks fail

Gridlock expected in Delhi-NCR even as Punjab-Haryana border sealed to prevent entry of farmers

Is legal assurance of MSP for farmers viable? What are its implications?

Consumer-centric approach by the government has had a considerable impact on farmers

Mustard prices continue to stay below MSP; industry body urges government intervention

Farmers fear that prices will slip further with arrival of new mustard crop by next month, as they expect record harvest

Himachal Pradesh budget announces green development scholarship scheme, boost to natural farming

Provisions worth Rs 582 crore for farmers; MSP for wheat, maize, milk increased

Two years on, what has been the progress on Committee on MSP? I follow up

 The Committee has not produced any interim report yet; critical that government focuses on farmers’ well-being

Farmers in at least 65 countries rose up in protest since January 2023. Here’s why

Producers in South America, Europe, India, Nepal demand better prices and policies

Farmers reject Centre’s new MSP proposal; demand guarantee for all 23 crops

Offer limited to pulses, maize and cotton crops, key demand on MSP calculation left out

Agriculture, fisheries take spotlight at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi

India backs permanent solution for public stockholding of food grains even as developing nations attack it

Simply put: Minimal MSP hike

Simply Put: Farm Bill 2020