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 …

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

प्याज: एक राजनीतिक फसल

एक जमाने में प्याज सरकारों को हिलाने की हैसियत रखता था, ल…

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

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 …

किसानों का मर्सिया

अर्थव्यवस्था पर सरकार का डेटा चिंताजनक है। वित्तीय वर्�…

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

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

चूक गए तो चुक गए

ऐसा नहीं है कि सिर्फ मध्य प्रदेश में ही किसान सड़कों पर ह…

Low food inflation is bad news for farmers

Prices of some vegetables plummeted by 60 per cent between July 2016 and April 2017, further aggravating agrarian crisis

Opposition unites on agrarian crisis, Centre yet to reply to farmers' demands

Farmer organisations have urged the Centre to pass two pass bills to free farmers from indebtedness and guarantee price for their produce

Why are Indian farmers protesting?

Farmers all over India are protesting against the government to get fair prices for their agricultural produce. Down To Earth explains the …

Another set of distressed farmers protest, but does govt get a hint?

One more farmer protest in the national capital makes headlines, but it may have just added to the long list of such outcries

Boom in farm produce not reason enough to celebrate

Farmers are in distress owing to low farm prices, poor logistics for transport and government-assured purchases

Centre again revisits minimum support prices of key minor forest produce  

Latest guidelines have fixed MSPs that favour traders rather than the forest gatherers