Farm distress: Crisis at large
High input cost, flawed MSP calculation and non-inclusive crop insurance scheme are problems perpetuating farm distress
Simply Put: Time to double farmer incomes
This Kenyan farmer is modernizing — and maintaining a circular mindset
A concept of growing interest in developed countries, a circular economy keeps resources in use for as long as possible, and extracts maximum value
Union Budget 2022-23: How will ‘Kisan Drones’ benefit farmers, experts ask
‘Spraying pesticides and fertilisers will help industries the most‘
Five-fold rise in farmer protests in India since 2017: CSE analysis
India now has more farm labourers than farmers, according to the analysis
Deadlock: Centre asks farmer unions to get back within a day on proposal to ‘hold’ laws
Farmers to decide on next step as government puts ball in their court
Kisan Mukti March: Farmers from across India take to Delhi roads
This is the fourth farmer protest in the Capital in the last 18 months
Republic’s task cut out: Back India’s farmers, don’t go after them
The focus needs to be steadfast on India’s agrarian crisis and problems faced by farmers, not on what happened or didn’t on …
'Pressure from banks pushes farmers to commit suicide'
One year since the Maharashtra farmer protests, Down To Earth speaks to Raghunath Dada Patil on the deepening crisis
Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26
Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped
For Rajasthan farmers, pest attacks mean loss of income, debt burden
Frequency of attacks, increased due to climate change, is severely affecting the yield and meteorically escalating production costs
Crop holiday: What made these Andhra paddy farmers consider it
Lack of payment of dues, no change in MSPs and creaking infrastructure has caused farmers in AP’s Godavari delta region to refrain from …
Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt
Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture&…
Simply Put: Farmers income
Hard work, but low wages for women farmers
Women farmers earn 22 per cent less than their male counterparts
Uttarakhand farmers fall back on traditional food processing methods to boost earnings
Marketing of local varieties of food products can also increase farmers’ income
Farmer and the new-age health market
India’s booming nutraceutical market provides a big opportunity to farmer producer organisations
India needs a comprehensive approach to prevent pesticide related suicides
Most persons who engage in suicidal behaviour don't want to die but the government lacks proper data on the incidence of pesticide poisoning …
3 in 5 persons at farmer protest sites near Delhi have to defecate in open: Survey
Inadequate provisioning of toilets compromising health, nutrition and hygiene for all protesters, especially women, survey by Jan Swasthya …
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
Padma Shri awardees include 12 farmers
Out of the 94 Padma Shri awardees, 12 farmers have been awarded for various activities like organic farming, traditional seed conservation and …
Heavy sway: Big corporations with power over farmer producer companies is diluting their purpose
Cluster-based business organisation were started to hand-hold small farmers’ businesses, but now control the FPCs instead
Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …
Simply Put: Victims of Lakhimpur violence
The ignored sector
Post 1991, why has agriculture grown at 1 per cent while the industry at 8 per cent?