-The Hindu Ask BJP leaders to withdraw the three farm Bills, say Rakesh Tikait and Medha Patkar. Secular and pro-Farmer votes in West Bengal should not get split, leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and civil rights activists who have been campaigning in the State for the past three days, said on Sunday. Rakesh Tikait of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and social activist Medha Patkar campaigned in Nandigram, Singur and Kolkata...
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Tikait tells Bengal Farmers what to say when BJP seeks a fistful of rice -Subhajoy Roy
-The Telegraph The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader was referring to the party’s Farmer outreach programme in the state Calcutta: Rakesh Tikait, one of the leaders of the Farmers’ movement, on Saturday urged Bengal’s Farmers to demand a law on the minimum support price when BJP representatives come to them seeking a fistful of rice. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader was referring to the BJP’s Farmer outreach programme in Bengal, “Ek mutthi...
More »Changing Modes of Agriculture in Punjab -Surinder S Jodhka
-TheIndiaForum.in The crises of Punjab’s agriculture are rooted in the same history that made it the granary of India. Ensuring sustainability for Farmers and the farm sector requires an engagement with the shifting trajectories of agriculture over the last seven decades. Despite Punjab’s meagre size, the region has remained an important constituent in the self-imagination of the Indian nation. The imprints of Punjab’s agrarian economy and culture have continued to expand in...
More »Punjab study links rise in farm incomes to FPO membership -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu A study at the Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University to track the impact of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) on the income and employment of Farmers in Punjab during 2019-20, has revealed that incomes increased after Farmers joined the FPOs and the impact was greater among small, marginal and semi-medium Farmers. Chandigarh: The study, titled “Economic Impact of Farmer Producer Organisations on Punjab Peasantry”, asserts that overall, the while permanent labour employment...
More »What trade freedom did to Bihar’s Farmers -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * In 2006, Bihar abolished state-run mandis. What followed is a forewarning for India’s new farm laws * The system is rigged in favour of the traders who cheat on every possible parameter—from weight to moisture level—which is why very few Farmers come to Bihar’s mandis to sell produce ARARIA/ PURNEA: Biren Bahardar thinks he is too small to raise his voice. Local traders can fleece at will while purchasing his harvest....
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