-Kafila.org With depressing regularity, the newspapers have been reporting farmers' Suicides in many states. Recently, P Sainath wrote on BBC that around 296,438 farmers have committed Suicide since 1995. He also mentions that cash crop cultivators of cotton, sugar cane, vanilla, pepper, groundnut etc account for the bulk of those Suicides. According to a PIL heard by the Supreme Court in December 2014, around 3146 farmers in Maharashtra have committed Suicide...
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805 million people go hungry. Who will uphold their right to food? -Biraj Patnaik
-The Guardian Countries are recognising their obligation to feed their citizens, but with growing corporate control over food systems, the battle is far from over As the first round of intergovernmental negotiations on the sustainable development goals gets under way in New York, I am reminded of the immense struggle over time to ensure that every human being has quality food in sufficient quantity to meet their needs - a right laid...
More »Slowdown in China, cotton glut may deal Indian farmers a hard knock -Zia Haq and Gaurav Choudhury
-The Hindustan Times India is likely to face a cotton glut this year. The surplus, however, will be of little comfort to Suicide-prone and highly indebted farmers, who stare at a sharp drop in earnings - prices are already down 14% compared with last year. The crisis has to do with a slowdown in China, which is forecast to slash by half the amount of cotton it will import this year, most...
More »Karnataka sees dip in farmer Suicides in five years
-The Times of India BENGALURU: Farmer Suicides have been on the rise in neighbouring Maharashtra and Telangana. But Karnataka appears to be bucking the trend, with the number of cases showing a sharp decline over the past five years. According to latest data from the state agriculture department, the number of farmers' Suicide in Karnataka has declined from 145 in 2009-10 to 50 in 2014. This despite drought and other natural calamities...
More »“Zero-budget farming can curb farmers’ Suicide”
-The Hindu VIJAYAWADA: There is no need for farmers to commit due to debt burden, if they practise ‘zero-budget natural farming', said Subhash Palekar, organic farming crusader. Addressing farmers from 17 districts in AP and Telangana at a workshop on his model of farming, Mr Palekar said farmers could cultivate 30 acres profitably using farm yard manure generated by one cow or buffalo. The farmers did not need to invest money on...
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