Small-scale markets will be a win-win for marginal farmers, buyers of cultivated bamboo
It will encourage small farmers to scale up existing bamboo plantations and take up new ones
Meet Padma Bombale, a Maharashtra onion farmer fighting the odds
A landless farmer from Vetale village near Pune, she has to work for Rs 100 a day to make ends meet
कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग से छोटे किसानों को नहीं होगा कोई फायदा
भारत में कॉरपोरेट फार्मिंग फेल हो चुकी है, इसलिए काॅरपोरेट अब कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग की ओर देख रहे हैं
Agriculture the biggest earner and biggest victim of climate change in Zambia
While droughts and floods have wreaked havoc on the sector, change in farming practices can bring about a better tomorrow
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
Capital labour rush
A drought-like condition at home and long-term employment opportunity in Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, are fuelling migration …
Land reforms needed for Punjab’s marginalised farmers, farm workers: Study
Research shows that bigger the farm, greater are the consumption levels; also, caste-based discrimination becomes overt at higher levels of living
India needs 30,000 agri-markets to give fair deal to farmers
For 47 years, government has not acted on recommendation of upgrading rural markets into business hubs
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
COVID 19: Punjab’s rural economy takes a big hit
Small farmers, labourers among the worst-hit; wheat harvest under cloud
Small farmers, daily wagers take to vegetable retail selling in Himachal due to lockdown
The development is being seen as a positive outcome of the COVID-19 lockdown
Why farmers are not cheering their exceptional feat this kharif season
Highest rice acreage in six years, more farmers in farms, a bounty monsoon and an expected bumper harvest don't enthuse farmers as their …
COVID-19: Sitharaman’s second tranche of economic stimulus fails to enthuse
Experts question announcements made for street vendors, small and marginal farmers and migrant workers
UBI can be a game changer
Experiments carried out in Indore have shown positive behavioural changes among people
कोरोना महामारी और भारतीय कृषि का संक्रमणकाल
आज भारत का किसान अनुदानों की भीख नहीं बल्कि आत्मसम्मान के मूल्यों के लिये संघर्ष कर रहा है
High-tech on the ground: Blockchain technology to boost small farm incomes
Three-way partnership between ICRISAT, Eleven01 and KHETHINEXT to create a transparent marketplace
Salt rush
Every year, marginal farmers from across the country travel to Mumbai's saltpans to earn some extra money
New regulations to certify organic food likely to favour big brands
Worse, the government's latest move to regulate the domestic organic market can also push tens of thousands of organic farmers out of business
Here's why 40% of India's farmers want to quit
A vicious cycle of debt and loan waivers is worsening the plight of the marginal and tenant farmer
Crafty accounting
The budget projects a pro-poor image, while covertly playing to the market
Include millets in PDS for food and nutritional security, demand scientists
Area under cultivation of millets is declining in spite of national Food Security Mission