-Newsclick.in On May 24, 2021, poor tribal peasants were shocked when they got an executive order informing them that the period of land leases given to them in Sirsi Dam foothills was over on March 31, and renewal stood cancelled. Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh): Talking about tribals and farmers in present day Mirzapur means inviting gloomy stories weaved into everyday sorrows and sufferings. Gone are the days when the areas inhabited by them...
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As wheat prices soar, India could become Asia’s ‘food bowl’ -Subramani Ra Mancombu
-The Hindu Business Line APEDA in touch with countries, exporters to ship out requirements, says its chairman With wheat prices soaring to a record high of $13.50 a bushel (nearly $500 a tonne) on the Chicago Board of Trade on Friday, India is reaching out to exporters and countries that are looking for wheat supplies. In addition, it is also looking to supply other Agricultural commodities such as corn (maize) and rice, which...
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-Down to Earth Post mechanisation, for the first time there is innovation in farm equipment to revive bullocks and aid small farmers Simhachalam calls himself a ‘bullock entrepreneur’. Each Agricultural season, this farmer from Andhra Pradesh’s Sangra village travels with his pair of bullocks to work on other people’s farms in nearby villages for a fee. Like most other parts of the country, bullocks in these tribal villages are traditionally used only for...
More »Two Basmati rice varieties help boost exports, farmers’ income -Sandip Das
-Financial Express Pritam Singh, who farms on 110 acres, including some land taken on lease, at Urlana Khurd village of Haryana’s Panipat district, has just sold his harvest of Basmati rice varieties — PB 1121 and PB 1509 — at the local mandi at Rs 3,800 and Rs 3,500 a quintal, respectively. Both the varieties, developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, Delhi, fetch farmers like Singh financial benefits in...
More »Ukraine crisis: Agri commodities prices plunge in global markets as supply fears recede -Subramani Ra Mancombu
-The Hindu Business Line Indian farmers gain as local wheat, maize, soyabean and mustard prices rise Prices of Agricultural commodities, particularly wheat, maize, soyabean and palm oil, dropped significantly in the global market during the weekend, after having surged on February 24 when Russia ordered its troops into Ukraine. The rates of most of these commodities dropped by over five per cent as members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) led by...
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