-Hindustan Times The local Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Mahendra Rai said Gwal killed himself because he didn’t get the compensation towards his damaged crop on time. Sagar/ Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A 42-year-old farmer, who allegedly drank poison on Sunday evening in Bina town of Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district after his crops were damaged, died on Monday, said police. Sagar’s superintendent of police Amit Sanghi said Kamal Chand Gwal was upset due to soybean...
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Market incentives, direct income support for farmers are far more effective in increasing agricultural productivity -Ashok Gulati & Sakshi Gupta
-The Indian Express India can learn three lessons from China — investing more in agri-R&D and innovations, improving incentives for farmers by carrying out agri-marketing reforms, and collapsing input subsidies into direct income support on per hectare basis. India and China, the world’s most populous countries, have limited arable land — China has about 120 million hectares (mha) and India 156 mha. The challenge before the two countries is to produce...
More »Minimum support prices for winter crops up 5-7%
-Financial Express Robust production doesn't necessarily boost farmers' earnings. In the case of many crops, including oilseeds and pulses, the procurement levels are crucial and even the price support scheme sans procurement doesn't seem to be working on the groun The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved modest increases of 5-7% in the minimum support prices (MSP) for rabi crops for the 2019-20 season. Even as the winter sowing...
More »Celebrating Diwali during a downturn -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * A field report from the agriculturally prosperous heartland reveals a lacklustre festival of lights * Delay in farm loan waivers has worsened farmers’ credit score. So, financiers are unwilling to advance new loans to them for buying farm equipment SRI GANGANAGAR: "How are you going to celebrate Diwali?" My question gets Roopa Ram, an elderly farmer, so amused that he thinks it’s important to do some explaining to a reporter from...
More »Subhash Palekar, father of Zero Budget Natural Farming, interviewed by N Madhavan (The Hindu Business Line)
-The Hindu Business Line Speaking to BusinessLine at a farm on the outskirts of Aurangabad, Subhash Palekar, father of ZBNF, rebuts every criticism and allays every fear that have been raised The Modi government sees zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) as a solution to the farm crisis. The 2018-19 Economic Survey recommended it and so did the 2019 Union Budget. In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised many by asking farmers not...
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