How Odisha is revalorising minor millets 

Despite their glorious past, millets have been sidelined in farms and on food plates over the years

Agriculture, fisheries take spotlight at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi

India backs permanent solution for public stockholding of food grains even as developing nations attack it

Why the new farm laws will not level the playing field

Creation of unregulated private points of sale will only ensure that the produce continues to be sold as before — at below MSP and without …

Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance

Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure 

Unmasking the Budget

The last full budget presented by Arun Jaitley was overwhelmingly focused on agriculture and public health. The catch lies in what he did not say

Sunita's Bytes on Budget

How FRA helped India’s forest communities during COVID-19

Stories of hope have been reported from across the tribal areas of how communities survived due to FRA even as attempts have been made to dilute it

Cotton quandary

As China, the world's biggest cotton buyer, restricts imports, the US aggressively competes with India for global market. Can India stay in the …

Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline

Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?

Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers

Farmers want support

Say they are more vulnerable due to erratic weather

Government hikes minimum support price of paddy by 16 per cent

It’s a rough deal, say farmers

COVID-19: Bracing for agrarian crisis and food insecurity

Distress among marginal farmers and unavailability of food to migrant labourers has been largely ignored in Union government’s economic …

Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers

Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers 

Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export

Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market

Into the abyss?

The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report

CAG blames Centre for increase in foodgrain procurement cost

Lack of specific method in determining minimum support price of grains caused variation in margins over production, says report

A fiscal crisis: Why FCI needs provisioning in food subsidy budget

Mounting expenses, under-provisioning of food subsidy budget leading to a huge debt is highly worrisome 

Price tag for tendu, bamboo

Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce

Wheat price war

Central ministries disagree on minimum support price for wheat

PM should head food security bill: M S Swaminathan

Giving right to food is not enough to deliver food, say speakers at a conference on food security

Maharashtra farmers demand better price. Chief minister offers aid package

Considering the acreage of soybean, cotton and paddy, the aid would be a paltry Rs 941 per ha

Vidarbha farmers unhappy with minimum support price for cash crops

Agriculture ministry overlooked increased input and labour costs, ignored state government recommendations

Food security bill forgoes nutrition security

The bill will ensure food for millions of hungry Indians. But has the government identified them?

95 farm suicides in a month in Andhra Pradesh

State authorities hide actual number of deaths