They have been vocal for farm laws: Farmer unions reject Supreme Court committee

We never asked for a committee; neither did we ask for the court’s intervention, they said

Government is offering farmers ‘death by committee’: Experts

The government had offered to form a committee to discuss three farm laws in talks with farmers December 1

New mobile app launched to assist farmers

The application called Meghdoot would be available for 150 districts in different parts of the country

Blazing India: Labourers, farmers struggle most to live, earn

A new set of victims are people in hilly regions areas who are not prepared for such high temperatures

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

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

There is a strong consensus that afforestation will lead to more stable rainfall

“In India, rivers are mostly forest-fed; therefore bringing back the tree cover on the either sides of the river is the only long-term …

Marathwada in the grip of drought-like situation

With only 58 per cent rainfall this season, Maharashtra is likely to face one of the worst agrarian crises ever

Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers

Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers 

As told to Parliament (March 15, 2022): No proposal being considered by Centre to waive farmer loans

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Simply Put: Whose protocol is it anyway?

Call to action: Pest control actors should join hands to curtail harmful impact of rodents on India’s food production

Ecologically based rodent management has great opportunity to be adopted in the states of Madhya Pradesh & Jharkhand

Dramatic changes needed in global food systems to address nutrition disparity, poverty: IFAD

The report Transforming Food Systems for Rural Prosperity called for investment in rural farms and local small- and medium-size enterprises 

Looking at the farm laws from an economic perspective

The purpose of the new farm laws is to end the historic exploitation of farmers at the APMC markets and free them from the clutches of the …

Farmers at Singhu and Tikri have a host of global peasant revolts to look up to

As the farmer protests continue in Delhi, we examine other instances in world history when cultivators have rebelled

Interim Budget 2019: All that it had for the environment

Although not at all promising, here is a list of announcements Piyush Goyal made towards bettering people’s health and the living world

New MP, Chhattisgarh CMs' loan waivers to not benefit 3.5 million farmers

The schemes Kamal Nath and Bhupesh Baghel announced soon after taking oath will not help those who take loans from money lenders

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 

Centre rolls out Agriculture Land Leasing Act, 2016

NITI Aayog's Panagariya wishes to extend the Act to non-agricultural uses as well, which farmer leaders oppose

Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm evolved to be the biggest threat for Bt cotton

Farmers say the pest has grown to become worse than the American bollworm

An old elegy for a new season

Assurance of a normal monsoon doesn’t decide agricultural performance anymore

Put farm laws on hold or we will: SC to Centre

Farmers' unions decline apex court's proposal to set up talks with a committee

Why rich and poor farmers demand MSP, government intervention in market

Agriculture not possible without government support, rue farmers 

How India continues to punish those who attempt suicide

Despite having the law on their side, people who attempted suicide in India are continually harassed by authorities and don't receive appropriate help

As told to Parliament (August 6, 2021): 65 Zika virus cases reported in Kerala

All that was discussed in the Houses through the day