-Down to Earth Improved access to new markets, better yields and higher income need to safeguard environmental sustainability and Farmers’ indebtedness The ongoing agitation by Farmers on the borders of Delhi provides an opportunity to flag concerns about various aspects in the agriculture sector, including the environment, society, economy, food security and risk coverage for Farmers. Several commentators have already spoken about the 2020 farm laws, supported by statistics, and experience. Many of...

-IDROnline.org Agriculture value-chains can only be strengthened by listening to multiple actors; most importantly, Farmers. India has been witnessing a spate of month-long farmer protests across the country, particularly in the national capital, against the recently introduced farm bills by the central government. One of the major reasons behind these agitations, including calls for repealing the law, is that Farmers were not actively involved in the policymaking cycle of these laws, which...

-TheWire.in While rich Farmers, who were so far aloof from the struggle, have been compelled to join the small peasantry in the face of a larger corporate threat, it is yet to be seen if the protests will temper existing inequalities. The present Farmers’ struggle knocking at the doors of the capital is a culmination of many streams of ideologies, concerns and a wide class coalition. Like any dynamic mass movement, the...

-The Indian Express While the unions deliberate over the government’s offer, some professionals and volunteers are making sure that Farmers’ ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on the agri laws reaches Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ludhiana: While the government may have yielded some ground on the three contentious farm laws proposing to suspend their implementation for 1-1.5 years, the fight for those demanding the repeal of the legislations, including the Farmers and their supporters, is...

-The Indian Express Apart from repeal of farm laws, Farmers are demanding guaranteed minimum support prices, which have no legal backing. A look at what the implications would be if the govt did provide the guarantee Farmer unions protesting on Delhi’s borders are raising two fundamental demands. The first is for repealing the three agricultural reform laws enacted by the Centre. The second is to provide legal guarantee for the minimum support...