1 out of 3 farmers are tenants in Telangana; are excluded from any government support

The Telangana government has declared its flagship cash transfer scheme to be for the support of farmers; but the money goes to landowners  

Women farmers demand recognition from govt at 2-day meet

Governments in India define farmers as those who own land, which is usually not the case with women

Why Punjab needs to revisit land reforms and hike farm subsidies

Study points out the disparity in the income and consumption expenditure between agricultural labourers, marginal, small and semi-medium farmers …

Centre rolls out Agriculture Land Leasing Act, 2016

NITI Aayog's Panagariya wishes to extend the Act to non-agricultural uses as well, which farmer leaders oppose

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 …

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash

Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls

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 …

Andhra farmers turn masons, milkmen despite state getting ‘decent’ rain; here is why

They blame lack of remuneration, rising input costs and accumulating debt

A Bangladesh village briefly touched by Tagore’s philosophy of sustainable development remembers the polymath fondly

Tagore's vision of nature-based and people-centric holistic rural development took shape in Patisar