-Grist Media The people of the Thar desert have their ways. This story unfolds over a year and recounts history through contemporary lives lived gently and with the land. It experiences first-hand the extraordinary old magic of growing lush crops in the desert. The land was the color of burnt caramel. It was flat and it was featureless: there was no tree in sight, no blade of grass, no ditch, no dune,...
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Indian Agriculture: Emerging Issues and Policy Perspectives -Srijit Mishra
-Yojana Journal The summer of 2014 got drenched with the elections euphoria, but for Indian agriculture all eyes are set on the prospects of a good monsoon. Is there a possibility of an El Nino? Will it lead to a drought like condition and have an adverse impact on agricultural production? How will this impact hose dependent on agriculture for their livelihood? What about Farmers' suicides? These questions remind us of...
More »Hyderabad hotelier ties up with tribal Farmers -S Harpal Singh
-The Hindu GHUMNOOR (ADILABAD Dt.): In what could be the first step towards a welcome reversal of current farming practices in the Agency areas, a hotelier from Hyderabad, Ram Babu, has tied up with tribal Farmers of Ghumnoor in Sirpur (U) mandal of Adilabad for the purchase of indigenous varieties of millets. Instead of sowing the vexatious Bt cotton, the Farmers will now cultivate local varieties of foodgrains in a part of...
More »Allahabad HC seeks state's reply on cane Farmers' dues
-The Times of India ALLAHABAD: Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking payment of sugarcane Farmers' dues, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to file its reply within two days. The court also fixed May 30, as the next date of hearing. The above order was passed by a division bench, comprising Chief Justice Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Justice Dilip Gupta on a PIL filed by Rastriya...
More »Mango Farmers selling produce at roadside for better returns -Himanshu Kaushik
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Consumers are having a grand time gobbling up succulent mangoes. Not just because of the fall in wholesale market price, but also because now some enterprising Farmers in Saurashtra are bypassing market yards and taking their produce directly to the consumer by selling them at the roadside. Farmers say that not only do they get low prices in the market yard, but are also forced to pay...
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