-The Hindu Business Line ‘Switch to modern production systems has led to decline in use of farmers’ varieties and landraces’ As few as nine crops account for two-thirds of the global food output, and on-farm crop diversity has declined significantly over the decades as farmers have switched from traditional production systems that utilise farmers’ varieties and landraces to modern production systems depending on officially released varieties, shows a report on global biodiversity...
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With an eye on polls, Centre hikes sugar sale price by Rs.2/kg
-The Hindu Business Line Worried that mounting sugarcane arrears may hit its electoral prospects in politically-important States of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, the Centre on Thursday decided to hike minimum selling price (MSP) of sugar by Rs.2 per kg to Rs.31. “We have increased the minimum selling price of sugar from ?29 per kg to ?31 per kg. This will help sugar mills to pay dues to cane farmers,” Food and Public...
More »Dream crops or farmers' worst nightmare? -Vivek Waghmode, Sandeep Rai and Satyajit Joshi
-The Times of India Mills in Maharashtra and UP, the two states that account for most of India's sugar supply, owe Sugarcane Farmers Rs 12,700 cr. Yet, farmers do not want to move away from the crop KOLHAPUR/ MEERUT: Unrest simmers in districts of western Maharashtra and parts of Uttar Pradesh, considered the sugar bowls of the country, over unpaid cane crushing dues. Despite the problems which beset farmers, however, they have...
More »As crops and jobs dry up, kids in Marathwada the worst hit -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India BEED: Ahead of Republic Day, students of the Kotan zilla parishad school are busy preparing to write an essay on the searing drought that has engulfed their village and the state. When asked what she will say, Pratiksha Pachpute breaks down. “If there was no drought,” says the 14-yearold, her face stained with tears, “my parents would still be with me.” Life has changed for the 8th standard...
More »Addressing agrarian distress: An alternative 'area planning' price support scheme for farmers -Sher Singh Sangwan
-The Indian Express The existing MSP-based procurement system is fiscally unsustainable. The time has come to consider market intelligence-based regulation of crop production Farmers are always in distress when prices of their produce are subdued. The response of governments, obviously prompted by political pressures, has been to sharply hike minimum support prices (MSP) of crops or declare loan waivers. Thus, the current government at the Centre has significantly raised the MSPs of...
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