-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...
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha reiterates the demand for legally guaranteed MSP for crops
-Press release by Samyukta Kisan Morcha dated 17th April, 2022 On the call of Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the MSP Guarantee Week was observed from April 11th to 17th by the farmers across the country — Protests, demonstrations, meets, conventions, seminars and other programs were held across the country Despite SKM’s repeated requests for clarifications regarding the committee on MSP, vis-à-vis its composition, its mandate, its tenure, and its terms of reference, the...
More »Waging war for sustenance -Aunindyo Chakravarty
-The Tribune Disruption in supplies due to Ukraine crisis may create food shortage, price distortions The war in Ukraine has become a war on the world’s poor. Russia and Ukraine, together, accounted for a quarter of the world’s wheat exports, one-sixth of global corn exports, nearly a third of barley and three-fourths of the export of sunflower oil. American sanctions on Russia mean it cannot sell its extra wheat in the global...
More »Over-exploitation of groundwater must stop -A Narayanamoorthy
-The Hindu Business Line The situation is alarming. Cultivation costs are increasing and the quality of water is deteriorating Groundwater has become the major source of water in most countries today. It currently contributes to about half of the world’s total drinking water , 40 per cent of agricultural needs and one-third of industrial demand. The contribution of groundwater in India is much higher than the world average. Is groundwater exploitation in...
More »Burden of farm expense has increasingly passed from Centre to states -Abhinav Surya
-TheFederal.com Of the total public expenditure in agriculture, the Centre’s share fell from 50% to 37% between FY11 and FY20, while the states’ increased from 50% to 63% Fiscal federalism and Centre-state financial relations have always been a hotly discussed topic, with sharper debates arising in recent times. The total burden of public expenditure on the Central exchequer as a share of gross domestic project (GDP) has declined over the past decade,...
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