-The Hindu Business Line Costs, prices, credit issues are a challenge, just as in other States Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Gujarat government has announced a slew of measures to woo rural voters. This includes waiver of GST on equipment used in micro-irrigation, 0 interest on loans up to ?3 lakh for farmers, and a bonus of ?500 per Quintal on cotton. But these sops are not likely to make farmers in...
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-The Hindu Business Line Price incentives for farmers should be followed up by better marketing infrastructure The Centre, while announcing the minimum support prices for the oncoming rabi season, has stuck to its policy of announcing moderate increases in the case of cereals, while promoting a shift towards pulses and oilseeds. MSP increases have moderated after 2013, after double-digit spurts that were the norm in the preceding four years. Hence, the rise...
More »Govt hikes wheat MSP by Rs 110 per Quintal; pulses, Rs 200 per Quintal
-PTI According to sources, the CCEA approved Rs 110 per Quintal hike in wheat MSP to Rs 1,735 per Quintal for the 2017-18 rabi crop, up from Rs 1,625 per Quintal last year. The government today increased the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat by Rs 110 to Rs 1,735 a Quintal and of pulses by Rs 200 per Quintal to help boost the output of these crops and check prices,...
More »Flood-resistant rice fights for survival -Nidhi Jamwal
-IndiaClimateDialogue.net In north Bihar, where floods devastate standing crops with increasing regularity in an era of climate change, a marginalised community is fighting all odds to protect an indigenous flood-resistant variety of rice. Sahorwa village is caught between the embankments of two major rivers in north Bihar. Between the Kosi river’s western embankment and Kamla Balan river’s eastern embankment, this village of 110 Musahar families remains flooded for seven to eight months...
More »Food security: Solution lies in traditional food -Archana Mishra
-Governance Now On World Food Day, the country needs to focus on promoting the dying practice of locally producing food by aboriginals like Baigas and Gonds After spending almost a month among tribals of Mandla in Madhya Pradesh, I can confidently say that by restricting ourselves to Public Distribution System (PDS), we cannot solve the food security issues of the country. The problem is graver. In a district like Mandla, where...
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