Crop holiday: What made these Andhra paddy farmers consider it

Lack of payment of dues, no change in MSPs and creaking infrastructure has caused farmers in AP’s Godavari delta region to refrain from …

Three things scientists don’t know about women farmers and climate change but really should

Ensuring climate solutions work for both women & men farmers should be high priority at Bonn Climate Change Conference

How COVID-19 controls hit farmers in 7 low-income countries, most in Africa

In countries with strictest controls, 80% smallholder households reported major disruptions

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

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

What is behind fertiliser shortage in Andhra Pradesh

The crisis has forced farmers to buy from black market at exorbitent prices

Back to nature: Immense need for crop diversification and role of agroforestry 

Input cost to increase productivity has increased over the last five decades

Union Budget 2022-23: How will ‘Kisan Drones’ benefit farmers, experts ask

‘Spraying pesticides and fertilisers will help industries the most‘

Simply Put: Time to double farmer incomes

Low grant sanctions, disbursement: India wants to promote FPOs but where are the funds?

Eligibility threshold for FPOs should be reduced or support provided to meet the criteria, experts feel

India’s natural farming push: Obvious measures ignored, points out Standing Committee

The country’s organic / natural farming coverage remains poor despite abundant indegenous resources

Prolonged protests in Bihar over acute fertiliser shortage during rabi sowing season

Protests had also erupted in the state during kharif season earlier this year due to shortage of urea.   

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

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

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   

Sealed Nepal border, reverse migration puts villagers in Bihar's border town in a spot

The farmers in flood-prone villages lost access to a more lucrative market in Nepal, resort to distress sales to cut losses 

Uttarakhand farmers fall back on traditional food processing methods to boost earnings

Marketing of local varieties of food products can also increase farmers’ income

Centre vs Punjab: Farmers miss out on incentive to not burn stubble

Thrice GoI has returned Punjab’s proposal of giving Rs 2,500 per acre to small, marginal farmers even as they demand Rs 6,000 per acre &…

Government programmes to increase yield, better seeds will aid production of pulses

The demand for pulses by 2030 will be 32.64 million tonnes

Roots of health: How a simple processing method helps turmeric farmers earn more

Minimum processing would ensure that the benefits of turmeric are retained

Simply Put: Victims of Lakhimpur violence

Sri Lanka’s inorganic transition to organic farming

Sri Lanka's decision to move to organic farming is not behind its food shortage given that a majority of the farmers have not even started the …

Home truth of Indian agriculture: Farm income declined in India in 7 years

The average monthly income per farm household (considering only the paid out expenditure) is not the same as ‘net income / receipt earned …