-Deccan Herald The country suffered a massive crop diversity loss during the British Raj; later, the green revolution eroded much of the native crops The UN World Food Programme says that 45 million people worldwide are on the brink of starvation. The hunger situation in India is no less alarming. The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in its report, “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2020” stated that...
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Inertia or economics? Why Punjab’s farmers can’t move beyond rice and wheat -Shweta Saini and Siraj Hussain
-ThePrint.in Diversification is critical for Punjab and Haryana farmers who face the challenge of depleting water tables. We need another agricultural revolution. Every time we visit Punjab, we ask farmers why they stick with the rice-wheat cropping pattern year on year. Especially when most are witnessing receding underground water levels, forcing them to deepen their borewells each year during the paddy season. One answer from a young farmer stayed with us. He...
More »Meet Jagadeesh Reddy: Andhra farmer scripting success without use of chemicals -D Surendra Kumar
-The New Indian Express Yanamala Jagadeesh Reddy, hailing from Danduvaripalle in Bangarupalem mandal cultivates paddy, mango, millets in 20 acres without using chemicals. TIRUPATI: Inspired by the words of Subhash Palekar on natural farming and his technique of zero-budget natural farming, a farmer from Chittoor district has adopted natural farming and now he is netting good profits. He has been cultivating paddy, mango, millets and other crops on his 20 acres and producing...
More »Direct Purchase Centres colluding with middlemen to deny farmers government-fixed revenue? -Thinakaran Rajamani
-The New Indian Express Farmers are still waiting to sell their paddy to the DPC even 10 days after submitting their applications online. TENKASI: Paddy farmers from across the district alleged that the Direct Purchase Centres (DPC) here were purchasing paddy from middlemen, instead of purchasing it from them. They added that it has affected their profits and that the middlemen were now getting benefitted from their misery. When TNIE spoke to farmers...
More »Unable to access various state govt. schemes & benefits, many tenant farmers have committed suicides in Andhra Pradesh, reveals a new report
-Press release by Rythu Swarajya Vedika dated March 8, 2022 A new report on tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Swarajya Vedika reveals how the denial of land owners' signatures on the Crop Cultivator Rights Cards is adversely affecting them. The Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV), a network of organizations and individuals working for the well-being and rights of farming community, released Part-1 of the report of its extensive study of tenant farmers...
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