Farmers in Odisha protest Centre’s agri laws

Bargarh gathering pledges solidarity with those sitting in at Delhi borders

Simply Put: (Un)welcome Capital

Simply Put: Minimum support panel

Simply Put: The Matryoshka hand

Why Bhavnagar farmers oppose limestone mining

Letter to high court-appointed panel lists reasons

SC stays implementation of farm laws, forms committee to examine farmer concerns

Delhi Police file plea seeking injunction against Republic Day tractor rally by farmers

Deadlock: Centre asks farmer unions to get back within a day on proposal to ‘hold’ laws

Farmers to decide on next step as government puts ball in their court

A thaw? Centre agrees to farmers’ demands on stubble burning, power subsidy

No consensus reached on core demand to repeal farm laws; next meeting January 4

Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26

Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped

‘Yes or no?’ Farmers ask; government can’t say

Next round of meeting on December 9, a day after proposed all-India shutdown

Farmers want support

Say they are more vulnerable due to erratic weather

Rethink the way we grow food

The world has enough food to feed people; the problem is that much of this food is going into feeding livestock or just to waste. This is what …

Simply Put: Farmers Protest 2024

European farmers are angry: Addressing root causes would overcome polarisation

Most farmers at Brussels appeared to agree that a food system that treats food like any other tradable commodity was at the root of all ills

Is legal assurance of MSP for farmers viable? What are its implications?

Consumer-centric approach by the government has had a considerable impact on farmers

Two years on, what has been the progress on Committee on MSP? I follow up

 The Committee has not produced any interim report yet; critical that government focuses on farmers’ well-being

Farmers reject Centre’s new MSP proposal; demand guarantee for all 23 crops

Offer limited to pulses, maize and cotton crops, key demand on MSP calculation left out

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

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 …

Simply Put: What makes farmers so firm in protest

Thousands of farmers have thronged the borders of Delhi to have their say against laws that would affect their lives and livelihood.

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 …

Scope of farmers’ movement greater than MSP, farm laws: Rakesh Tikait

“The movement is not limited only to Punjab-Haryana, farmers of entire country involved”

Farmers’ organisations plan blockades, protests against 3 new agricultural laws

All-India road blockades on Nov 5 to be followed by state-level protests, march to Delhi