-The New Indian Express Poultry farming of this protein-rich black chicken paying rich dividends, reports Anuraag Singh MADHYA PRADESH: In many parts of the country, the colour black has been considered inauspicious. But in the forests of western Madhya Pradesh’s tribal-dominated Bheelanchal region, the same colour is ushering in fortune and prosperity in the lives of people who were once forced to work as labourers in adjoining Gujarat. Welcome to Jhabua, Alirajpur and...
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Arhtiyas, mandi labourers in Haryana stare losses due poor yield -Neeraj Mohan
-Hindustan Times After farmers, now arhtiyas and mandi labourers of Haryana are staring at huge losses caused by the poor wheat yield this harvesting season Karnal: After farmers, now arhtiyas and mandi labourers of Haryana are staring at huge losses caused by the poor wheat yield this harvesting season. The poor arrival in mandis is going to affect the income of the arhtiyas and labourers by 30-40% as their earnings are based on...
More »Waterlogging pushes Haryana farmers to sell agricultural land, take up odd jobs -Sat Singh
-Mongabay.com - Perennial waterlogging in agricultural fields of Charkhi Dadri is making them uncultivable. Farmers are adopting alternate occupations or taking land on lease in other villages to continue farming. - While groundwater scarcity is a problem in many parts of North India, some 319 villages in Haryana have the opposite issue of waterlogging because of high groundwater levels. - Government interventions, saline water draining attempts and subsidies for crop diversification, along with...
More »Rethinking agrarian suicides in India -Sthanu R Nair
-The New Indian Express First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers...
More »Hysterectomy In Lieu of Leave for Woman Farm Labour in Beed -Jai Narayan Tiwari
-TheCitizen.in There are no sweet moment for Sugarcare Farm Labourers “My body aches, my hands and legs hurt a lot, but I still have many trucks to load. If I delay it the workload will increase. I can eat only after the task is done,” said Sarika Laxman Chole, a 25-year-old labourer working on a sugarcane field at this village in Beed. She works from 8 am to midnight, to earn Rs 300-350...
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