The Lack of Consensus on Farm and Food Policy Is Growing
BY BHARAT DOGRA Agriculture officials and experts are voicing strong criticism of the government’s farm policy and its performance. With the recent upsurge in farmers’ movements […]
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In India, it is about changing men’s mindsets: Elizabeth Broderick
By SURUCHI KAPUR GOMES Many believe educating women will lead to them naturally trickling into the workforce, said Elizabeth Gender equality, sexual discrimination and harassment is […]
‘Income inequality in India at its highest level since 1922’
By Sanjay Vijayakumar Top 1% of earners captured less than 21% of total income in the 1930s, which dropped to 6% in the ’80s and has […]
Rabi Pulses To Compensate Losses In Kharif Season: Agriculture Minister
India’s pulses production is estimated to fall to 8.71 million tonnes during Kharif 2017 compared to last year’s record output of 9.42 million tonnes, according […]
Agriculture ministry maps 185 districts through remote sensing for horticulture
The exercise is part of a project to develop India’s horticulture sector by identifying suitable areas and crop types The Union ministry of agriculture has […]
Feeding a billion: Evaluating India’s progress at eliminating hunger
By Rohan Abraham While food production is still not insulated from the vagaries of nature – which can vacillate between extremes – ranging from the floods […]
What is key to reviving GDP growth in India? All you want to know
Consumer confidence at 3-year low, especially in rural areas due to farm prices collapse—will hit consumption Most commentators have explained the big loss in economic […]
Nation’s agriculture sector performance ‘most alarming’
Panaji: The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has termed as “most alarming” the current performance of the nation’s agriculture sector. “The agricultural sector is the […]
Toxic farming: on insecticide regulation
India needs stronger regulation of insecticide sale and use to protect farmers Reports of farmers dying from pesticide exposure in Maharashtra’s cotton belt in Yavatmal make it […]
One-third of those involved in agriculture in India are women: Centre
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday said that women participation in agriculture is one-third even while the number in a few southern states is close […]