Technology interventions that save water

It was early June. Jaspal Ram of Lehra Turkot in district Bathinda of Punjab was busy in his field putting gunny bags filled with mud on a plank …

Farmers in Raigad protest against land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai corridor

Farmers say state is proceeding with land acquisition even though Centre had asked state to drop Dighi port project under DMIC

Organic thread

Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Wheat price war

Central ministries disagree on minimum support price for wheat

Gamble for guar, soy

Despite demand and production, farmers lose to futures trading

Farmers have decreased, farm labourers increased: census report

Only 54.6 per cent of total workers in India are now part of the agriculture sector

Pro-GM farmers stage protest near Parliament

Farmers' organisations demand rejection of technical experts committee report recommending indefinite ban on field trials of GM crops