-The Times of India Nagpur: Monocrotophos, one of the pesticides used by majority of the victims, was removed from the list of recommended chemicals by Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) much before spraying claimed over 40 lives in the region. The premier research agency of the central government issues advisories related to use of pesticide combinations on the cotton crop. Considering its hazardous nature, monocrotophos-based chemicals were removed from the list....
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Price collapse: The MSP mirage -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Modi government’s decision to hike import duty on edible oils has come too little, too late for soyabean Farmers Latur: Arun Kulkarni planted soyabean on 10 out of his 14-acre holding in the recent kharif season and harvested 65 quintals of the crop towards September-end. But unlike most of his neighbours, this Farmer from Tandulja village in Latur — Maharashtra’s largest soyabean-growing district and the country’s No. 2...
More »A wilful negligence -Colin Gonsalves
-The Indian Express Governments have not acted on recommendations of committees on Farmer welfare How many more Farmers must die before the prime minister condescends to take notice? How many rats must the protesting Tamil Nadu Farmers at Jantar Mantar eat before the government acts? How many more fake farm loan waiver schemes will be announced before the cabinet realises that Farmers cannot be fooled anymore? Despite 300,000 Farmers taking their lives...
More »India's food subsidy programme, future of Farmers hang in the balance -Ishan Kukreti
-Down to Earth At the upcoming WTO meet, India has to negotiate a better deal to ease restrictions on giving food subsidies When the World Trade Organization (WTO) meets in Buenos Aires in Argentina next month, India would be arguing for something of immense importance for the country’s agrarian economy. At the Eleventh Session of the Ministerial Conference of WTO from December 10 to 13, India will try to prevent restrictions on...
More »Deceased Farmers' kin march to Delhi to find their voice -Nikita Doval and Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Hundreds of Farmers came to Delhi to tell their stories, but their problems are similar: crop failures, rising debt, losses from farming due to low crop prices leading to suicides New Delhi: A copy of the Telugu daily Sakshi, dating back to 2015, is M. Lakshmi Devi’s constant companion. The newspaper, a part of which is stained by tea, contains a report about the suicide of a debt-burdened Farmer—her husband. “We had...
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