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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India Environment Portal Resources :

• 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