Why is Dilli Chalo 2018 a unique protest march by farmers?

P Sainath, noted grassroot journalist and founder editor of People's Archive of Rural India, talks about why this farmer protest is unique? About …

Simply put: Minimal MSP hike

Farmers’ protests increased five times in India since 2017: CSE

The number of protests rose to 165 across 22 states in 2020-21 from 34 across 15 states in 2017

Why MSP will not provide even minimum support to farmers

With a projected 5-25% rise in input prices of fuel, agricultural rentals and agrochemicals, the new MSPs for kharif crops will not lead to any gains

Simply Put: Farm Bill 2020

Indian agriculture is under an invisible emergency

At a time when farmers strive to get the right price for crops, more money in their hands can help reignite the country's economy

Parliamentary panel recommends MSP for timber

Committee acted on idea by TERI to encourage aforestation 

Continued low expenditure in 'Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce' scheme

The MSP for MFP scheme was launched in 2013-14, aimed at improving the financial condition of forest-dwelling communities living in the …

For India, the fight at WTO will be about food security

India needs to find a permanent solution to the problem of public stock holding, as it is a matter of survival for hundreds of millions of people

As Rajasthan government stops buying mustard, farmers resort to distress selling

Rajasthan contributes 50 per cent of total mustard production in India, but Centre-State dispute is hurting farmers' interest

Farmers need support, period

It is time we talked about the real cost of our food, about how to benefit farmers who grow our food

Climate change in India: Either adapt or perish in Rajasthan

As desert receives more rains, big farmers experiment with cash crops and small and marginal farmers abandon farming

Two seasons of separation and a deep political desperation

It feels good that agriculture features high in political discourse but, again, it is misdirected

India's climate quandary

The National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture, India's flagship programme that aims to make Indian villages climate-proof, is at …

Doubling farmers’ income by 2022 a challenge: NABARD official

When most of the terms of trade are against farmers, doubling their income by 2022 will be a challenge unless we address the post-production issues

Yogi's gift to Uttar Pradesh farmers: loan waiver, higher MSP, guaranteed procurement

The decision comes as a huge relief for about 20 million small and marginal farmers

Simply Put: Minimum support panel

After-effects of new farm laws: Why is there chaos in the mandis

The first kharif season after deregulation of the agriculture market is underway. The government has started procuring paddy at minimum support …

Small, marginal farmers hit hard by poor paddy procurement in Bihar

Govt agencies have procured hardly 11 per cent of targeted procurement of paddy since November 15 last year

India is producing less coffee. Here's why

Extreme weather events in August 2018 in coffee producing areas of Kerala and Karnataka led to a dip of around 20 per cent in the total coffee …

Hike in wheat MSP unlikely to help distressed farmers

The recent hike in Minimum Support Price on wheat will still not meet the Centre’s promise to ensure MSP 50 per cent higher than the cost …

Dairy farmers want at least Rs 30/ltr for cow milk

Farmers seek MSP since surplus skimmed milk powder is lowering demand and prices

Stop importing black pepper, it’s causing price crash: growers to Centre

Despite a ban on sale of pepper under Rs 500 per kg, its price has dipped to Rs 335 per kg owing to imports from Vietnam, Sri Lanka

Only 15% landholders earn 91% of total national income

Income inequality makes agrarian crisis challenging; inequality is worse among farmers than the formal economy

Point of no agri-returns Part 2: Every year, farmers lose Rs 63,000 crore for not being able to sell their produce

That explains why agrarian riots have increased by over 600 per cent in the last three years