-Scroll.in Vegetable farmers are already reeling under losses and wheat farmers are worried about labour shortages. The wheat crop on Sukbhir Singh’s four acres of land 20 km from Ludhiana in Punjab will be ready for harvest next week. Plentiful rain and an unusually cold winter, said the farmer, is set to increase the yields. But he is worried about the lockdown: would he be able to harvest and transport the grain under...
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CSOs send suggestions to the Dept. of Health & Family Welfare to combat COVID-19 pandemic
- Letter from Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) and All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN) dated 2nd April, 2020 A letter has been issued by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) and All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN) to the Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare on 2nd April, 2020. That letter carry recommendations On strengthening health systems to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Please click here to access the letter ...
More »Corona has pushed Bharat to the brink -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * A prolonged lockdown will hurt farmers about to harvest the winter crop and the landless living on daily wages * Continued disruption in the food supply chain will eventually hit consumers if prices vary widely across regions. This uncertainty has also hit 70 mn households in rural India who own small dairies NEW DELHI: Baburao Sanap has no clue how to pull himself out of a big mess —he’s saddled with...
More »India’s anti-COVID strategy is premised on a mistaken idea and a pretence -Sanjay Srivastava
-The Indian Express Epidemics are social dramas whose plots are made from the bricks and mortar of local material. An understanding of this will tell us who lives, who dies and what kind of society emerges. The odd thing about an epidemic is that though it might be global in nature, it is impossible to understand its impact without paying close attention to the local conditions within which it circulates. Calls for...
More »India lockdown: There’s enough food, but India is struggling to get it to people
-The Indian Express As far as the availability of food is concerned, the country has more than adequate stock. Also, thanks to a surplus monsoon, a bumper rabi crop is on its way. With markets shut, farm labourers absent from fields, and transportation services at a halt, is India likely to face a food crisis because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown? Possible, if steps are not taken in some key areas. As far as the...
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