Can farm income be doubled by next year

Agricultural sector will require an annual growth rate of 10.4% to achieve the target. But for the last few years, this rate has …

Punjab rejects Centre’s new agri laws, passes 3 bills of its own

They essentially provide that no sale or purchase of wheat and paddy will take place below the minimum support price

‘Yes or no?’ Farmers ask; government can’t say

Next round of meeting on December 9, a day after proposed all-India shutdown

Simply Put: Farmers’ anger has not yet blown over

Petty decision

Simply Put: Double trouble

Canal of woes

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Consumption: peaking to a fall

Peru

Rot unlimited

Little improvement in Andhra Pradesh agrarian crisis

"All" of them

Rajasthan government accepts farmers' demands

At farm's hand

Harvesting troubles

Combine harvester machines not suitable for India

In 4 years, farmers’ income has increased by just Rs 2,505 per month: NABARD report

Although the average farm income per month saw a rise in the last four years, it is still not enough to help farmers cope with the current …

The future of Indian agriculture

There is a need for work on cost-effective technologies with environmental protection and on conserving our natural resources

Farmers threaten to block essential supplies across India over RCEP

Farmer organisations burnt the effigy of Union minister Piyush Goyal at Jantar Mantar and called for protests across India in the coming days …

Some farmers laud Dunkel Draft

A section of India's farmers emphatically supported the Dunkel Draft, saying it contains just what they have been demanding for years.

Farmers against even modest power rate hike

State ministers are giving the agriculture sector a breather by ignoring the Prime Minister's call to stop subsidising power supply and agreeing …

Win some, lose some

The Uruguay round of GATT resulted in a severe backlash by small farmers all over the world, but made exporters and big farmers happy.

Looking to the past

Farming for the future: An introduction to low-external-input and sustainable agriculture Coen Reijnties, Bertus Haverkort & Ann waters …

Killer farms

Popular imagination may paint a very idyllic picture of life on a farm. But lurking behind this rustic charm lies a dangerous occupation, farming

Programmed to kill

Farmers of the world are under attack. A new technology threatens to make them totally dependent on multinational corporations

Farmer's right

A new draft of the Union for Protection of New Plants Varieties protects the rights of the farmers

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

Farmers to continue protests after inconclusive meeting with government

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wades into row, external affairs ministry hits back