-Down to Earth The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land The eviction of residents from 222 villages on the Godavari river basin for the Polavaram dam project tells the story of India’s tribal families fighting a losing battle for their land and forest rights. On March 27, 2021, Bariya Nagaraj’s was among 72 families forcefully shifted from their home in Agraharam village in East Godavari...
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Gramin Agricultural Markets: Two years on, just 6% haats upgraded -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The Centre had announced a scheme in the 2018-19 budget to upgrade rural haats so that small farmers could get fair prices for their produce It has been two years since an ambitious programme to convert 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) was launched. But only 1,251 have come up till now. This is barely six per cent of the target. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told...
More »Special report: Why is India seeing a massive dengue outbreak this year? -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-Scroll.in Unplanned urbanisation, changing rainfall patterns and delayed preventive measures have created perfect conditions for mosquitoes to thrive. When Dr Shaukat Kalam visited Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh in August, he saw signs of a deadly dengue outbreak everywhere. “We found mosquito breeding in every second house, in the garbage, on the roadside, in articles where water was accumulating,” said the entomologist, an expert on insects, who currently works with the central government’s...
More »Will Zero Budget Natural Farming address India’s complex farming and food demands? - Bhargavi S Rao and Leo F Saldanha
-TheNewsMinute.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advocacy of Zero Budget Natural Farming comes after the controversial farm laws were repealed. But further critical examination is crucial. In a televised address to the nation on the morning of November 19th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought forgiveness from farmers and the entire nation “with all sincerity of purpose and from the bottom of my heart” for aggressively and undemocratically promoting three controversial farm laws. He...
More »In Maharashtra’s Drought-Prone District, a ‘Goat Bank’ Is Making Women Financially Secure -Sukanya Shantha
-TheWire.in The ‘Goat Bank of Karkheda’, started by agriculturist and educationist Naresh Deshmukh in Akola district, has helped many women overcome their debt-ridden life. Mumbai: Pratibha Patil’s family has come a long way. Just two years ago, as landless agricultural labourers in Sangavi Mohadi village in Akola, Patil and her husband toiled for over nine hours on the land of the rich to earn their collective sum of Rs 350 per day....
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