Why India’s rural distress has an acute urban problem
By ANSHUMAN TIWARI Even high support price for crops is unlikely to solve the issue. While government mandarins are struggling to evolve a politically correct hike […]
Agriculture
Telangana cultivators join hands with 100 consumers to launch India’s first community-supported model of agriculture
By TS Sudhir Chakri Bai of Arjunnayak hamlet near Zaheerabad in Telangana cannot help teasing the assembled crowd which has travelled 120 kilometres from Hyderabad. “You people […]
Cabinet approves 3-year action plan for agricultural education
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of the Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme for Agricultural Education Division and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) […]
India’s food grain production to reach new record
By Susan Reidy India’s food grain production in 2017-18 is expected to reach a record high of 279.5 million tonnes, according to a report from the […]
Here’s Why Farmers Across India Have Been – and Are Still – Protesting
By Kabir Agarwal Farmers are asking for a higher minimum support price, something that the government claims to have already provided. But how it is being […]
A new generation of Indian farmers rejects industrial food production
By Katherine Martinko Supported by the Amrita Bhoomi Agroecology Centre, young farmers are experimenting with natural farming methods, while saving money and lives in the process. […]
Competitiveness in agriculture will boost other sectors
By Amit Kapoor Farmers across the nation are on strike, cutting off vegetables and milk supplies to cities, demanding better prices, loan waivers, power supply […]
‘Cotton exports may surge 30%’
India’s 2017/18 cotton exports are likely to jump nearly 30% from the year before to a four-year high of 7.5 million bales, as climbing global prices and […]
Rural India is helping to revive the country’s economy
By Rebecca Bundhun Growth in the agriculture sector came in at 4.5% for the Jan-March quarter Rural India is helping to revive the country’s economy. Gross […]
Green shoots
By Ajit Kumar Jha On May 16 this year, Union minister for agriculture Radha Mohan Singh released the 41-page Model Contract Farming and Services Act, […]