`It is easy to die'

Is the Modi government serious about climate change?

Unlikely since nobody knows where and how it has spent environmental cessess, such as the coal cess, meant to mitigate climate change 

The minuscule system of pricing

First, a farmer must sell the produce at a price wrongly discounted by unscientific calculation. Second, an unholy nexus of many players pushes …

Sugarcane crisis: Govt focuses on technology fixes, but not on mounting dues to farmers

While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s measures were directed mostly towards tackling …

Boom in farm produce not reason enough to celebrate

Farmers are in distress owing to low farm prices, poor logistics for transport and government-assured purchases

Voice calls to help Andhra farmers in decision-making

The interactive voice response system has been introduced in Anantapur district to cover groundnut farmers

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

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

Meagre payments, reluctant states mar Modi’s flagship crop insurance scheme

10 million farmers have dropped out of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in just a year

Here's why 40% of India's farmers want to quit

A vicious cycle of debt and loan waivers is worsening the plight of the marginal and tenant farmer

Cancer-stricken man first to win case against Monsanto’s weed killer

A California court awarded a compensation of $289 million to him as he got cancer from using Monsanto's herbicide 

Why India's debut farm investment support scheme is leaving out many beneficiaries

The most expensive farmer welfare scheme in Telangana is providing land-owning farmers monetary assistance even before they plant the first …

Farmer producer organisations need their very own Amul

Instead of encouraging them on paper, the government has to create a few model FPOs in the country and provide institutional support to them

Why farmers remain uninformed about pesticides and their use

Manufacturers and state governments have done little to inform farmers about approved uses of pesticides and hazards of using illegal ones

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 …

Hard work, but low wages for women farmers

Women farmers earn 22 per cent less than their male counterparts

Another set of distressed farmers protest, but does govt get a hint?

One more farmer protest in the national capital makes headlines, but it may have just added to the long list of such outcries

20,000 drought-hit tribal farmers march to Mumbai

This is the third mass farmer protest the state has witnessed this year

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

Tribals, widows, farm hands, farmers from all over India reach Delhi with their demands

After congregating at Ramlila Maidan from 4 corners they will march towards Parliament Friday

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

Opposition unites on agrarian crisis, Centre yet to reply to farmers' demands

Farmer organisations have urged the Centre to pass two pass bills to free farmers from indebtedness and guarantee price for their produce

You may pay a steep price but does the farmer make any money?

A farming household of five earns Rs 221/day, less than a person’s daily minimum wage

Will India’s new agricultural export policy work?

Food grain buffers exceed need, global prices remain depressed

Chhattisgarh assembly election results: Broken promises cost Raman Singh dear

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

Despite farmer marches, Centre plans no debt waiver

Such waivers may impact the credit culture of a State, says junior argiculture minister Parshottam Rupala