Point of no Agri-return

Exploring India's unprecedented agrarian crisis

Farm distress: Crisis at large

High input cost, flawed MSP calculation and non-inclusive crop insurance scheme are problems perpetuating farm distress

India’s deepening farm crisis: 76% farmers want to give up farming, shows study

Benefits of government schemes and policies go to big farmers, shows survey undertaken by CSDS on behalf of farmers’ association

Rs 1,402,680,000,000: India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16

This is India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16. More than three times of India's annual agriculture budget, this money could have been …

One year after Mandsaur, farmers remain a disenfranchised lot; demands not heard

Besides loan waiver and MSP+50 per cent as remuneration, the farmers are now demanding fixed income

Farm income can go up by Rs 1,939 crore on one condition

India can achieve this if it replaces 1 per cent of the area under food grains with horticulture

It may take at least 25 years to double farmers’ income: study

A soon-to-be-released study reconfirms deep agrarian crisis showing stagnancy in farm income in most states

It's time we shift farmers' economic burden

Assured net income, including assured minimum support price for crops, can put an end to farmer suicide cases in India

World Soil Day: Tackle soil pollution and do away with food insecurity, says FAO

The UN agency says that addressing this issue will also help bring down soil degradation, stem rural migration and adapt to climate change

Chhattisgarh assembly election results: Broken promises cost Raman Singh dear

The BJP CM went back on his 2013 campaign promise to raise paddy price

State election results grim reminder to how deep India’s rural crisis is

The Down To Earth’s coverage in the recent past has highlighted how the agrarian crisis led to what happened to BJP in Assembly polls

Next two years may see long and strong El Niño

The phenomenon is expected to deepen the agrarian crisis with a depleted monsoon

Polls won, waivers announced, but govt has no data on farmer suicides

The last NCRB report published in 2016 said a farmer committed suicide every hour in the country

Odisha’s BJD sounds poll bugle with rally on farm issues in Delhi

The rally will revolve around the agrarian distress, which emerged as the weakest point for the BJP in recent Assembly elections

What to expect before Modi’s 'maha' deal for farmers

With just four months left for general elections, the Centre's package for farmers, even if cleared, will be partially implemented and left for …

Why potato means bad news in Punjab now

A cycle of misery kicked off by demonetisation still haunts farmers as well as cold storage owners

India's Cow Crisis Part 2: Threat of decline looms over livestock economy after 35 years’ growth

The circular economy of cattle has ruptured, threatening livelihoods of India’s poorest. The value output of the livestock economy is Rs 9.…

India’s Cow Crisis Part 4: The stigma of Mewat

How this backward district in Haryana has borne the brunt of stringent cow-related laws

Interim Budget 2019: Government's big farmer push falls short

The government’s 6,000 per year offer works out to Rs 3.30 a day, which can't even buy a cup of tea  

Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA

The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country

Low inflation rates and dipping food prices: Where do they leave the farmer

Almost a fifth of India's consumer goods basket was in deflation zone in January. All were food items

India's Cow Crisis Part 3: Brutal to kill India’s ancient uber economy

Sunita Narain on cow-vigilantism, cattle trade and the collapse of the livestock economy of India

Drought, but why: Area under cultivation has halved in Andhra Pradesh's Ananthapuramu

Decades of deficit rainfall, monoculture in agriculture and perpetually mounting farmer debts have left the district in the lurch

Go for inclusive growth

As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business

Drought but why: How poverty is aggravated

Study shows during drought years in Rajasthan, the vulnerability of rural households to poverty increases