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How Do We Combat Droughts?

-Economic and Political Weekly Agriculture cannot be revived without a different approach to water, soil, crops and research. For the second year in succession, rainfall in the monsoon season has been less than normal. As many as 302 out of the 640 districts in the country have been declared drought-hit and the impact of the drought is the severest in nine major states of south, central and east India. It is striking...

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Centre contemplating launch of insurance scheme for farmers -Vikas Vasudeva

-The Hindu ‘Agriculture sector is facing a lot of challenges due to recurrent droughts and floods’ The Centre is contemplating bringing in a viable insurance scheme for farmers given that the agriculture sector is facing a lot of challenges due to recurrent droughts, floods and other weather-related changes, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Thursday. Speaking at a national dialogue on ‘Innovative Extension System for Farmers Empowerment and...

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Sow seeds of productivity to ameliorate rural poverty -Saket Misra

-Hindustan Times Revolution imminent… genetically modified seeds produced by MNCs cause farmer suicides. Incendiary, out-of-context sound-bites juxtaposed between heartrending visuals distort rural poverty from a complex issue that each Indian must help resolve to a simplistic, accusatory Peepli Live feature. Instead of quixotic and strident anti-growth agendas offered as panacea, a coordinated and consistent approach to poverty reduction is needed. Poverty reduction needs development. The linkage between economic growth and poverty reduction is...

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Save-cow cost: Industry bleeds, farmers suffer & exports tank -Subodh Varma

-The Times of India 16 Lakh Dalit Leather Workers Depend On The Humble Cow For A Living. The Meat Industry Employs Many More. Every Year, India Exports Buff Worth 30K Cr. All This Is In Jeopardy With The Cow-Protection Clamour. TOI Takes A 360° Look Across the country, especially in rural areas there's simmering un ease bordering on panic. Farmers no longer think freely about buying or selling cattle. People especially from...

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Centre receives proposal for commercial planting of GM mustard -Nitin Sethi

-Business Standard Since the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government put a moratorium on commercial cropping of Monsanto's Bt Brinjal in 2010, the Centre has received the first- ever proposal for clearance in five years to let farmers grow a transgenic food crop - a genetically modified hybrid variety of the mustard plant. The decision on the proposal would have to be taken by the environment ministry on behalf of the Union...

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