Crushed by sugar

Farmers in Chhattisgarh blame the state for losses

A waiver to common sense

Market hand

Simply Put: In a foreign land?

Budget 2020-21: Experts hope for more funds to boost farm income

They also hope money will be given for irrigation facilities as well as for women and tenant farmers

Dairy units in India turn to cheaper alternatives

This strikes a blow to small farmers as they don't get a fair price for their produce since the market is flooded with cheaper options

"Subsidies have to be withdrawn"

A study reveals how subsidies are encouraging farmers to waste water and use land and fertilisers unsustainably.

Realising the virtues of organic farming

Several organisations, at home and abroad, are promoting organic farming as a method of food production that is both ecologically and socially …

Operation Desert Swarm

Locust swarms are the bane of farmers in more than 66 countries. Small wonder then that the locust is the only insect that has a global committee …

Second-hand is better

Junked aeroplane tyres are being used on camel carts in Rajasthan, making life easier for both the villagers and the animals

A fight to the finish

In the battle for securing a larger share of the world's genetic diversity, the ubiquitous farmer seems to have emerged as the unlikely winner, …

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

Union Budget 2021-22: Despite farmer protests, agriculture concerns hardly addressed

Overall budgetary allocation to agriculture down 8% from last year, no major announcement for flagship schemes

Farmers will once again march to Delhi, decides Jandiala Guru Mahapanchayat; here are their demands

MSP, crop insurance, debt relief, repeal of Electricity Bill 2020 among main demands

A friendly air wave

Radio>> Indigenous People • Peru

Keep the BJP out

Cashing in on Kyoto

Farmers panic

PROTEST AGAINST POWER

Saving the farmers

MORE CASH CROPS

Exchange programme

COMBATING FOREST FIRES

Farmers see red, again

Farmers in Doddaballapur in Karnataka say no to organic farming

Researcher prefer organic farming to chemicals and fertiliser