Hard work, but low wages for women farmers
Women farmers earn 22 per cent less than their male counterparts
Simply Put: Land animal without land
Burdensome load
Laid-off tea workers fall back on forests in West Bengal
Farm fatale
Rise in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other forms of cancer cases linked to farming activities
Centre in a fix over court ruling on minimum wage to NREGS workers
Workers in other states could take cue from Karnataka
Simply Put: Suicides by daily wage workers
Women in danger
Farmers shrink, labourers swell
Displacement, lack of jobs main reasons behind increase in farm labour
Different colours of green
How media has shaped people's understanding of environment
Peril in Brazil
Study shows pesticides double cancer risk in farm labour
Labour exit
Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat
In India, 191 billion potential labour hours were lost due to heat exposure in 2022: Lancet
Agricultural workers are the worst affected in many countries, with the burden often shifting to those in construction in higher income …
Fairtrade: Study finds premium label does not always benefit workers on South African wine farms
Most of the 30 farmworkers interviewed were not even aware that the farm they worked on was Fairtrade certified
Farmers and smartphone politics
Can pre-poll sops like giving smart phones with internet connectivity to farmers increase farm income?
Peasant women list their woes to scientists
At a recent conference, women farm workers got a chance to discuss their problems with agricultural experts.
95 per cent women in India involved in unpaid labour
Report says involving women in the workforce can help achieve future aspirations that can boost India’s GDP by 27 per cent
Again, Centre puts on hold decision on bringing parity in MGNREGA, minimum wages
Finance Ministry has said that such parity is not possible as it would involve an additional burden of around Rs 10,000 crore on the exchequer
Land reforms needed for Punjab’s marginalised farmers, farm workers: Study
Research shows that bigger the farm, greater are the consumption levels; also, caste-based discrimination becomes overt at higher levels of living
Does Centre’s move to hike MGNREGA wages hold any value?
While this news might excite millions of rural workers, in reality, the workers will only be handed disappointment and pain
An agricultural labourer died by suicide every 2 hours in 2021: NCRB
Some 5,563 agricultural labourers died by suicide in 2021, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau
Consolidation against commoners
After land consolidation was introduced, the landless poor and agricultural labourers, who depended on common resources, faced tremendous problems
Are manual labourers in India prepared for hot summers?
With 90% of India’s workforce being increasingly unsafe due to the rising temperatures, developing labour-centric interventions becomes crucial
Yes, India needs agrarian reform, but that which is pro-people, not pro-corporate
Here are the steps that central and state governments can take to adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic development model for Indian …
AgriStack: Linking land records with database will exclude labourers, farmers, warn experts
Making land records the basis for farmer database would mean excluding tenant farmers, sharecroppers and agricultural labourers from the …
COVID-19: ‘Only a third of migrant workers getting relief measures’
At least 50 mln short-term circular migrants left out of any government identification process, according to IHD estimates