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

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

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

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

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

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

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