-Outlook Good monsoon or bad, glut or drought, boom or bust...it’s always fair weather for the range of middlemen who come between the farmer and consumer. An anatomy of the trade. One of the axioms of logic is called the Law of the Excluded Middle. Something has to be either true or false—there’s no middle ground. As we all know, economics works a bit differently. Facts can be fickle, data pliable, and...
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Govt irradiation facilities to boost veggies' shelf life -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The recent crisis in Madhya Pradesh where farmers had to sell onions at throwaway prices or dump it in farms due to bumper production has prompted the government to look at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to set up irradiation facilities in the state and elsewhere in the country to deal with the problem of plenty by increasing the shelf life of perishable horticultural...
More »India's pulse dilemma -Uttam Gupta
-The Pioneer While the Government has done its bit to boost the output of pulses, it has done little to check the nexus between politicians and grain traders For several decades, production of pulses in India has fallen substantially short in terms of consumption. This persistent deficit has led to intermittent bouts of spike in prices as imports (needed to plug it) have often come after lag and have failed to reach...
More »Bengaluru braces for dry days as water shortage looms large -Aparajita Ray
-The Times of India BENGALURU: It's been a rough few weeks for Bhagya M, a homemaker in Bhadrappa Layout near Hebbal in north Bengaluru. Since the beginning of April, water is being supplied to her home just once a week. "Earlier, we received Cauvery water twice a week. Also, the time keeps changing and we have to wake up at odd hours to fill our cans. It's impossible to manage with...
More »Bumper Harvest: Smile's back on Madhya Pradesh's farmers -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express A good, even if not record, wheat crop along with improved prices brings cheer after two not-so-good years. Dewas (Madhya Pradesh): Manohar Singh Sendhav cannot offhand recall the number of trips he has made to the Dewas mandi or to the shining steel silo at Durgapur, some 10 km away. Undaunted by the searing noon heat, this farmer from Chandakhedi village in Dewas district’s Sonkatch taluka watches his tractor driver...
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