Importing Disaster

Desi cotton to the rescue

CICR banks on traditional solutions to Vidarbha’s cotton crisis

Water starved village caught in Bt debate

Bhamb Raja rues Bt seed major Monsanto and farmers activists exploit its plight to achieve their own goals

Supreme Court allows SKS Microfinance to resume operations in Andhra

Micro-lender among those accused of coercive loan recovery from rural poor; court asks state not to take coercive steps against firm for now

Over 400 farmers have committed suicide in Telangana since its formation

National Human Rights Commission has sought report from the state

101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?

Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers

Microfinance institutions escape charge of abetting suicide of clients

Police have closed a third of the micro loans-related suicide cases in Andhra Pradesh

Telengana's water grouse

Regional disparity in allocation of Krishna water in Andhra Pradesh is both because of politics and topography, finds Bharat Lal Seth

95 farm suicides in a month in Andhra Pradesh

State authorities hide actual number of deaths

All the way to Brazil to find Vidarbha cotton solution

Government takes seven years to admit Bt cotton has failed in Vidarbha and return to Desi varieties