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Distressed but intelligent farmers

Voices of women from Dilli Chalo: We need equal rights as men farmers

A large contingent of women farmers marched along with their male counterparts at the Dilli Chalo protest on November 29-30 in Delhi. The women …

Farmers explain what brings them to the capital

Why did thousands of farmers take to the streets of New Delhi? Down To Earth turned the mike over to them

Enigma of the political class

Kerala farmers grow vanilla for profit

Thampi Thomas, an advocate-turned-planter of Kolenchery in south Kerala, sold raw vanilla beans for Rs 500 per kilogramme (kg) in 1999. During …

In 4 years, farmers’ income has increased by just Rs 2,505 per month: NABARD report

Although the average farm income per month saw a rise in the last four years, it is still not enough to help farmers cope with the current …

Breaching the digital divide

Information technology can become a good development tool for the rural India. But can our villages be logged on to the infotech highway with …

Himachal apple growers left high and dry as commission agents dupe them

The farmers are organising themselves to press for a key law supposed to protect them, to be implemented properly

Protest over port

Why Bhavnagar farmers oppose limestone mining

Letter to high court-appointed panel lists reasons

खत्म हुई कृषि की प्रधानी!

देश में कृषि और कृषि शिक्षा की पड़ताल करती डाउन टू अर्थ क…

क्यों हार गए किसान नेता राजू शेट्टी  

आम चुनाव में किसान आंदोलन की वजह से खासे लोकप्रिय रहे रा�…

Revolt of the rich and the poor

When a recent report says 26 people now own the same wealth as the world's poorest half and the IMF chief flags risks associated with India’…

Why are Indian farmers protesting?

Farmers all over India are protesting against the government to get fair prices for their agricultural produce. Down To Earth explains the …

What do Indian farmers want? Voices from across the country

Kisan Ekta organised its third Convention of Farmers’ Organization in Mashobra, Shimla. Farmer leaders from across the country came …

Whose apocalypse is it?

Averting the Apocalypse: Social Movements in India Today Arthur Bonner Publisher: Duke University Press, North Carolina Price: US $52.50 (…

पेप्सिको के खिलाफ किसानों का सत्याग्रह, खेतों में उगाएंगे चिप्स वाला आलू

पेप्सिको इंडिया के द्वारा आलू की किस्म पर अपने अधिकार स�…

Maharashtra's cash-strapped cane growers to launch agitation

Sugarcane farmers warn of ‘halla bol’ agitation if properties of sugar mills defaulting on payments are not seized by January 28, 2019

ले मशालें चल पड़े हैं

हजारों किसानों के मार्च से घबराकर महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने आ…

मुक्त व्यापार समझौतों के खिलाफ खड़े हुए किसान संगठन

भारत सरकार इस वक्त 10 मुक्त व्यापार समझौते की भागीदार है �…

Farmers split on merits of Dunkel proposals

The attack on a Bangalore seed company was reported as the start of a farmers' movement against globalisation of agriculture. Now, some …

World Food Day: our agriculture must keep pace with changing climate

To feed the world, agriculture, along with forestry, fisheries and livestock, needs to become more resilient and productive

Mahashweta Devi, a writer who became a voice of marginalised communities

Mahashweta Devi was not just an onlooker, but a responsible representative of the downtrodden and the ignored population of India