Draft Bill faces criticism for making farm workers, dealers responsible for spurious pesticides

Shifting liability from manufacturers to pesticide dealers and farmers in case of any incident was opposed by farmer groups

In India, 191 billion potential labour hours were lost due to heat exposure in 2022: Lancet

Agricultural workers are the worst affected in many countries, with the burden often shifting to those in construction in higher income …

Extreme rainfall damages nearly 4 million hectares of crops in Marathwada

Incessant rains through the month of August and September have affected 4.48 million farmers this season

Farm laws repeal: The first victory, but not a full one, say experts

There are a number of pending issues; the farmers will not get up and leave, experts say

How 4 school girls are trying to get Andhra farmers to practise natural farming

Zero Budget Natural Farming in Andhra Pradesh has helped farmers reduce input costs, thereby reducing debt

How pulses can regain their lost glory in India

Ensuring that pulses sell at the minimum support price and distributing them under the public distribution system can help them find favour with …

Bihar starts physical verification of over 300,000 PM-Kisan beneficiaries

The move came after officials were informed that many undeserving candidates were availing the benefits

Being an Indian farmer…

Five things you need to know about an Indian farmer’s life and why they are on the streets this Republic Day 

Inequality among farmers keeps 85 per cent out of discourse

Like in the formal economy, the farm economy also suffers from concentration of lands within a small group

State election results grim reminder to how deep India’s rural crisis is

The Down To Earth’s coverage in the recent past has highlighted how the agrarian crisis led to what happened to BJP in Assembly polls

Doubling farmers’ income discussed in a closed door meeting

What is the use of strategy when no special budget was allocated to double farmers’ income, says a senior NITI Aayog official anonymously

Where will farmers go to get jobs?

There is a significant reduction in farm jobs. India must create alternative opportunities for those abandoning agriculture

Limited access to pesticides reduced suicides in Tamil Nadu villages: WHO report

In rural India, poisoning accounts for four in 10 suicides due to swallowing of pesticides

Telangana farmers pushed to suicide after pest attack destroys chilli crop

There has been no announcement on compensation to farmers who have lost their crops

Himachal's farm success story at risk of going awry

Controlled-atmosphere farming shows a way of bucking agrarian crisis

20,000 drought-hit tribal farmers march to Mumbai

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

Farmers seek relief after hail, rain damage crops in Rajasthan, UP

The storm spoiled standing crops in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

Market access critical for India’s sustainable agri transition: CSE report

The existing ecosystem is not in favour of small and marginal farmers

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 …

Organic takeover: How 10,000 farmers of Telangana, Andhra are steering a silent movement

A federation of farmer-producer organisations has tapped into the growing organic market to help members raise incomes 

Farm laws repeal: How the farmers’ protests unfolded in a year

India’s longest and also the biggest farmers’ agitation has been demanding repeal of the farm laws that Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

First lesson in governance for PM Modi: Legislative tapasya (penance) is all about listening to outer world, not inner self

Union government will repeal all 3 controversial farm laws, Modi declares on Gurupurab   

What about harvest? Protesting farmers say colleagues back home have them covered

Farmers in Punjab plan to first harvest fields of neighbours who are away at Delhi borders in unprecedented solidarity 

No surrender: Farmer unions refuse Centre’s proposal to ‘hold’ farm laws

Farmer unions say they will stop at nothing short of a repeal of laws; talks on tractor rally inconclusive  

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