An agrarian crisis like never before

Extreme weather events and lack of policies and mechanisms to drought-proof susceptible areas are crippling rural economy

 
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Published: Wednesday 07 June 2017

What's failing farmers?

In 2015, Down To Earth had predicted that agrarian crisis has reached the tipping point, beyond which it will hit the national economy.
 
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Drought: the order of the day?

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How India is killing the country’s largest economy of the poor

New restriction on cattle slaughter will severely cripple the livestock economy which is bigger than crop economy; poor farmers shifted to livestock in face of uncertain rain and dwindling income
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Insurance companies have not paid 83% of farmers' claims

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Wannabe backwards: Reservations and the Agrarian Crisis

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Labour exit

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Going backward

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