Bright futures

Punjab farmers can get higher wheat prices now

Bitter drink

Economy no longer monsoon dependant, but farmers are

Less rain is bad news for small farmers, not the economy

Welcoming a hero

Talking agriculture

Rice at a click

Health check-up for fields

Madhya Pradesh farmers to get soil health cards

Simply Put: No farmer, No food

Indian farmers taxed $169 bn via export bans or restrictions in 2022: OECD report

India introduced export bans, duties or permits on several commodities in 2022 to stabilise domestic prices following the war in Ukraine and the …

Himachal apple growers left high and dry as commission agents dupe them

The farmers are organising themselves to press for a key law supposed to protect them, to be implemented properly

The spirit of los Haitises

Humans and forests stand at a bitter crossroad in the Dominican Republic, where conserving remnants of rainforests jeopardise the survival of …

Patent prejudice

This verbally-loaded anti-GATT film is a shrill intellectual harvest that tends to over-romanticise the small organic farmer

Tall promises

The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor farmers

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

Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26

Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped

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

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

Farmers give a thumbs-down to day-long talks, even as govt says progress made

The government agreed to talk about seven major objections of farmers in new farm laws; farmers not satisfied with talks

Simply Put: The great divider

Simply Put: (Un)welcome Capital

A road set free

Latur gains from anti-encroachment drive on farm roads. State takes its cue

Farmer who nearly became Jat-Mahatma

Tikait’s appeal had to do with earthiness and instinct

Rogue elephants in the backyard

A study explains why peaceful pachyderms go on rampages that leave crops and humans devastated

Not much incentive

Permit regime