2022 too short, too far: How did the economy fare last year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Rural unemployment in central India: Why Adivasi communities are worst-hit

The focus of MGNREGA has to be re-shifted to employment generation from asset building

After excess rainfall, now poor prices leave Marathwada cotton farmers in debt

Excess rainfall has caused a loss of about 50 per cent across the cotton belt region

Infographic: 29 farmers, farm labourers die by suicide daily

Over 5,500 farmers, 5,000 labourers died in 2020

Smells like a fortune: Rising demand for kewda oil a blessing for 200,000 people in Odisha’s Ganjam

Price of a litre of kewda oil increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 4.5 lakh last year

Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India

Frost-like conditions occur every year, but an episode like this happens once in three or four years

Budget 2023-24: Whither rural development? Allocation for livelihood and other schemes sees 14% cuts

Funds for central sector schemes and projects have been reduced to 113 crore from Rs 126 crore

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

Amrit kaal for adivasis? Union Budget 2023-24 weakens safety nets for tribals

Schemes for food security, child welfare, employment guarantee for tribals saw shrinking of funds

Union Budget 2023: Foundation for sustainable farming is missing in India

Ambitious initiatives for farmers are promising but transition to sustainable agriculture requires healthy soil and inputs

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

Child labour on farms in Africa: It’s important to make a distinction between what’s harmful, and what isn’t

Reframing the debate about child labour in African agriculture, and how best to address it, is particularly timely

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

Here is how producer organisations evolved in India

Farmer producer companies (FPCs) and cluster based business organisations (CBBOs) have been formed and are functioning in India for over 20 …

Latest in farmer woes: Heavy unseasonal rain, pending payouts from Centre’s crop insurance scheme

523,000 hectares in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh affected by untimely rains in March, April

What does cluster development programme mean to India’s small farmers?

CDP has the potential to benefit farmers; however, asymmetric power relations can make farmer-producer organisations captive markets for the …

Mission Millet: Odisha employed a holistic agri-strategy to procure 600,000 quintals of ragi

Farmer producer organisations, crop intensification methods play key role in process