A nationwide wave

Farmers are under heavy debt, but loan waivers only treat the symptom, not the disease afflicting India's farm sector

Farmers' troubles

Documentary>> Farmer from Kuttanad, directed by Santosh Sivan, produced by PSBT

Will Punjab and Haryana HC’s recommendations reduce farmers’ burden?

The court’s suggestions, like making MSP a legal right and increasing it to thrice the cost of production, are practical but need effort in …

Republic Day chaos a conspiracy; peaceful protests to go on: Samyukta Kisan Morcha

Farmers’ umbrella group alleges conspiracy by government and Kisan Mazdoor Shangharsh Committee

Why an American farmer commits suicide

Like their India counterparts, American farmers are losing income, piling up debt and nobody listens to them  

Will India’s new agricultural export policy work?

Food grain buffers exceed need, global prices remain depressed

New MSP: Govt fails to meet Swaminathan standards, yet again

While the Modi cabinet claims that land rent is included, calculations suggest otherwise

Ensure no coercive action taken against defaulting farmers: Supreme Court to Tamil Nadu

Petitioners argued that rise in suicide cases was due to punitive action taken by bank officias against drought-hit farmers who are not able to …

'Kisan Ekta' – voice of the farmer: In conversation with Devinder Sharma

Kisan Ekta Manch held their 3rd National Convention of Farmers Organization in Shimla from June 18-20, 2016. Down To Earth travelled to Shimla …

'I am a farmer about to commit suicide. Can you help me? My Aadhaar number is...'

Psychologists are now intervening to help distressed farmers

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 …

Odisha’s deadly farmlands: Another farmer commits suicides due to crop loss

Between 2001 and 2010, over 2,600 farmers committed suicide in Odisha and this year, drought has already broken their economic backbone

As told to Parliament (November 30, 2021): 5,579 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2020

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Scrap laws banning cattle slaughter, farm exports: Farmers

Farmer organisations say these laws and several others ensure farmers do not get their rightful pay

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

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 …

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

'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

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

Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26

Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped

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&…