-The Business Standard Does the Indian government's loud voice in international negotiations lead to results? At the recent Word Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in Bali, the Indian government went, with all guns blazing, to defend the rights of the country's Farmers and to secure food security for millions of poor people. It opposed the Agreement on Agriculture, which limits government food procurement to 10 per cent of the value of total...

-Live Mint A photo-feature done by Chitrangada Choudhury (published on 5 April 2013) for Live Mint about some of the women Farmers at the heart of the anti-POSCO protests in Dhinkia was named for a Laadli-UNFPA reporting award last week. Please click the links below to access the story: http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZX8B0CCM7qpTDYbCTfSpBO/Photo-Essay--Defiant-in-Dhinkia.html Since reporting this feature, forced acquisition by the state, using police deployment, has further intensified in the surrounding villages. Dhinkia's residents still hold...

-The Hindu RAMANATHAPURAM (Tamil Nadu): Claiming that ‘Madurai Malli' which was recently given the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tag, had its origin in Ramanathapuram, Farmers have urged the district administration to help them secure GI mark also for the plants raised in the district and which produced ‘Madurai Malli.' Farmers from Mandapam region, who raised the issue at a Farmers' grievance meeting, chaired by District Collector K. Nanthakumar here on Friday, said...

-Newsclick.in How malnutrition and death have gripped the tribals of Attappadi in Kerala after land alienation in 1996. Neha Dixit reports. Last month, E. K. Bhushan, Kerala Chief Secretary informed the tribal people of Attappadi Hills that they are now entitled to restore 530 hectares of land in the area. This is out of the roughly 4370 hectares of land that was alienated from the tribals after the Tribal Land Amendment Act...

-The Business Standard The only way to fix food inflation Both the inflation figures for November and current market reports indicate that the contours of food inflation have changed tangibly of late. While the prices of pulses, edible oils and sugar have tended to either moderate or decline, those of staple cereals, notably rice and wheat, and of perishable items, chiefly vegetables and fruits, continue to propel food inflation higher. The blame...