-TheWire.in The proposed Market Assurance Scheme should not leave states to fend for themselves when it comes to price support for farmers, especially as the agrarian crisis is one that is caused mainly by central policies. The Budget season, that too in the last full year before the 2019 general elections, BRIngs the debate back to agriculture in the country. Apart from several farmers’ struggles across the country, including the unprecedented unified...
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Global crash, local glut hit Gujarat milk market -Gopal B Kateshiya & Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Dairy farmers in Gujarat, till recently, were relatively insulated from the crisis faced by those growing cotton, groundnut or potatoes. Rajkot/ New Delhi: AFTER COTTON and groundnut, it’s milk that is turning sour for Gujarat’s farmers. A crash in global skimmed milk powder (SMP) rates, coupled with surging procurement by dairy unions affiliated to the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), has led to an unprecedented glut. In the last...
More »What's Smart About Climate-smart Agriculture? -Marcus Taylor
-FoodFirst.org Over the past seven years, institutions (such as the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization) have increasingly turned to the ruBRIc of 'climate-smart agriculture' to tout the objectives of increased productivity, greater resilience, and a reduction in emissions. Though climate-smart agriculture's objectives are laudable, the latest Policy BRIef of FoodFirst entitled 'What's Smart About Climate-smart Agriculture?' by Marcus Taylor explores how the framework has been used, at times,...
More »Panel sets out an action plan to make agriculture profitable -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The committee’s suggestions on major reforms include an overhaul of the Union agriculture ministry New Delhi: In a detailed action plan for doubling farmers’ incomes, a top government panel has proposed major reforms to the existing administrative structure. This includes an overhaul of the Union agriculture ministry, setting up a three-tier planning and review mechanism through district, state and national level committees and an annual ease of doing agribusiness survey. The committee on...
More »Make law to protect those in inter-caste marriages, says Supreme Court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Reading the riot act, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was "absolutely illegal" for anyone to attack couples marrying outside their caste and warned the government that if it did not BRIng a legislation to protect such couples, the court would lay down guidelines. Referring a couple of times to the murder of Nitish Katara by the kin of the girl he was in love...
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