How India lost its historic agriculture recovery growth phase in just four years Government reports say 2004-14 had the highest agriculture growth that has fast slipped back to near-zero growth despite normal monsoons and bumper yields News . Distress across India’s rural areas The face of 2017 is the farmer, who has borne the brunt of weather changes, from unseasonal rain to drought. . National agenda for farmers: In conversation with Devinder Sharma Leaders of various farmers movements are coming together to discuss a national agenda . No major agrarian reform has happened since Green Revolution The current crisis is a culmination of decades of negligence . In India, 34 farmers commit suicide every day; but what drives them to do it? Debt and crop failures are reasons for 58 per cent of suicides among cultivators
How India lost its historic agriculture recovery growth phase in just four years Government reports say 2004-14 had the highest agriculture growth that has fast slipped back to near-zero growth despite normal monsoons and bumper yields News . Distress across India’s rural areas The face of 2017 is the farmer, who has borne the brunt of weather changes, from unseasonal rain to drought. . National agenda for farmers: In conversation with Devinder Sharma Leaders of various farmers movements are coming together to discuss a national agenda . No major agrarian reform has happened since Green Revolution The current crisis is a culmination of decades of negligence . In India, 34 farmers commit suicide every day; but what drives them to do it? Debt and crop failures are reasons for 58 per cent of suicides among cultivators