-Economic and Political Weekly The government’s initiative to increase Farmers’ incomes is welcome as it is central to dealing with the agrarian crisis in India. Various mechanisms for increasing Farmers’ incomes from the perspective of small Farmers and farm workers are critically examined. The article proposes a focus on high-value crops and rain-fed areas, non-farm occupations, agro-industrialisation, and strengthening and innovating producer and worker institutions in India. It also presents insights...
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Tomato prices in MP fall from Rs 30/kg in Oct to Rs 2/kg
-PTI Due to a bumper crop, wholesale prices of tomato in Madhya Pradesh have plummeted to as low as Rs 2 per kg, from Rs 30 in October, Farmers said. Yogesh Septa, a farmer from Raipuria village in Petlawad area of Jhabua district, a major tomato-producing region, said, "We are getting on average Rs 2 per kilogram of tomatoes in wholesale markets. We won't recover even the production and harvesting cost at...
More »Telangana Farmers facing triple crisis: Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav
-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: Seeking a legal right status to their two demands- one that of assured remunerative prices for agricultural produce and second, that of Farmers’ freedom from debts, members of 190 Farmers’ organisation, including 25 from Telangana, met in the city on Thursday to take the discourse and struggle forward. The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee has been leading a nationwide Farmers’ movement on these two demands...
More »Water harvest: Punjab's experiment with DBT for power to the farm sector could pay off for groundwater in the state
-The Financial Express The scheme, part-funded by the World Bank, aims at pushing recharge of groundwater sources and efficient use at the local level. Rapidly-depleting groundwater in nearly a third of the blocks that were assessed in a study by the Central Ground Water Board (CWGB) has caused, The Times of India reports, the Centre to put the Rs 6,000-crore Atal Bhujal Yojana on fast-track. The scheme, part-funded by the World Bank,...
More »Over 1.1 mn Farmers affected by drought in Chhattisgarh during kharif 2017 -R Krishna Das
-Business Standard The revenue tax collected in the affected villages had been suspended till further order Raipur: Scanty rains during the kharif 2017 had affected over 1.1 million Farmers in Chhattisgarh. The opposition Congress members today informed in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly that 1104767 Farmers from 11297 villages have been affected by drought. In all, 1028657.812 hectares area had remained dry due to short rainfall. The state government accepted the figure and...
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