Agriculture

Point of no Agri-return

Exploring India's unprecedented agrarian crisis

 
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Last Updated: Wednesday 31 January 2018 | 07:09:01 AM

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
 
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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

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State of agriculture in India

Revisiting investments and subsidies to accelerate agricultural income and alleviate rural poverty in India

Comprehensive agriculture research based on geographical conditions and impact of climatic changes to ensure food security in the country: Standing Committee on Agriculture (2016-2017)

Price distortions in Indian agriculture

State of Indian agriculture 2015-16

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: An Assessment

Report of Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume I- March of agriculture since independence and growth trends (Ashok Dalwai Committee)

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on compensation to drought and hailstorm affected farmers of Vidarbha and Marathwada, 31/07/2015

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