Sugarcane farmers' crisis: bumper harvest turns bane
Thanks to a high yield sugarcane variety, India witnessed bumper harvests in the last 3 seasons, but sugar prices have fallen and sugarcane …
Community-led strategies offer hope for east Himalayan biodiversity
Local farmers and communities are succeeding to conserve crops and wildlife where government has failed in one of the world’s biodiversity …
Agriculture the biggest earner and biggest victim of climate change in Zambia
While droughts and floods have wreaked havoc on the sector, change in farming practices can bring about a better tomorrow
How to help farmers prepare for climate change
There is increasing evidence from across many African and South Asian countries that contextual, timely climate information, helps farmers manage …
Study highlights dismal condition of women farmers
Women farmers, whose contribution to agriculture is equal or sometimes even more than their husbands, are often ignored
Tamil Nadu declared drought-hit in view of deficient rain, farmer deaths
Most districts in the state witnessed deficient rainfall from October 1 to December 31, 2016
How is Centre making skewed projections to show success of agri-insurance scheme?
The non-loanee farmers from Maharashtra, Kerala and Telangana are shown in loanee category to project the insurance scheme as a success
Fall of the poplar
In the backyard of Asia's largest poplar market, farmers are being forced to quit growing the soft wood as its price crashes because of overproduction
Parliamentary panel finds tobacco harmful for forests
The panel found that financial benefits due to tobacco cultivation were negligible as compared to losses suffered in terms of deaths
These farmers use paddy straw for income
Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased pollution, too
Land for ladies
Rural women in Uttar Pradesh join hands to end gender bias in agriculture and claim joint ownership of land
By pushing farm Bills through, Modi government has put democracy at crossroads
KK Ragesh of CPI (M), who called for a division vote against the 3 farm Bills passed in Monsoon Session and was suspended from Rajya Sabha, …
Bitter sweet
Who should have the first right over sugar produced by Uttar Pradesh's sugar mills - the banks who loaned the mills or the farmers who supplied …
US farmers sue Syngenta over GM corn
China rejected US corn containing Viptera seed variety, causing monetary losses to farmers worth billions of dollars
Seeds of hope
Northern Bangladesh successfully fights its age-old famine-like situation by creating a new cropping season and introducing lost indigenous rice …
Rise of livestock
Agriculture sector undergoes a historic change as livestock surpasses the economy of food grain
Difficult to digest
After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?
WHOSE SEED IS IT ANYWAY?
The rich world’s mania for patenting seeds and pushing the UPOV agenda do not aid food security or biological diversity
Who is protected?
The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it …
Outsiders in their own land
Gujarat government eyes limestone underneath land cultivated by Sikh farmers, curbs their ownership rights
Hailstorm drives farmers to suicide
Over 100 kill themselves as large tracts of crops are damaged; food prices likely to go up
What led to forest officer’s killing
In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back
Potential help
Agromet advisory still in its infancy in India but set to be implemented on a larger scale
‘Let farmers decide the price’
Mani Chinnaswamy’s contract farming model has prompted IIM graduates to study his Appachi formula. After all, it gives farmers the right to …
Forestland benefits
Under the Lok Vaniki scheme, a farmer can extract benefits from his land by selling its produce, including timber