-The New Indian Express BARGARH: Harvesting of sugarcane in Bargarh district has been delayed by over three months, leaving the farmers worried. While sugarcane grown in the last kharif season is yet to be harvested, the target area for the crop in the current Rabi season has been increased by almost 300 hectares (ha). Harvesting has been stopped as the State-owned Bargarh Cooperative Sugar Mills that procures the entire sugarcane stock...
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The Pulse In A Paradox Of Plenty -Lola Nayar
-Outlook In a pulses-importing country, a bumper crop brings little cheer to those who cultivate pulses. Here’s why In India, a bumper crop is not always an occasion to celebrate, as farmers have often found to their cost whether it is potato, onion or grapes. Pulses, which have always been far short of domestic needs, are facing a similar fate this year, with mandi prices in many parts of the country far...
More »Bihar's Burden of Child Stunting A District-wise Analysis -Vani Sethi, Arti Bhanot, Shivani Dar, Rabi N Parhi & Saba Mebrahtu
-Economic and Political Weekly Vani Sethi (vsethi@unicef.org) is with the Child Development and Nutrition section of UNICEF India’s country office. Shivani Dar and Rabi N Parhi are with UNICEF’s Bihar field office. Arti Bhanot is an independent consultant. Saba Mebrahtu was former chief of the Child Development and Nutrition section at UNICEF India’s country office. The prevalence of child stunting in Bihar is as high as 48%. This study of the immediate...
More »Agriculture: Here's why farmers are in trouble despite high pulse procurement
-The Financial Express Given the likely 22 million tonne production of pulses this year, up more than a third compared to last year, it is not surprising prices have crashed. In the case of tur, for instance, retail prices are down from R118 per kg in Delhi on October 1, 2016 to R89 on March 1. As a result of the surge in pulses inflation last year, Rabi sowing increased by...
More »Cropping patterns: Diversification dilemma on the ground -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express Punjab farmers seek to move away from paddy-wheat, but not the way policymakers want it Jalandhar: Crop diversification and moving away from the entrenched paddy-wheat cycle has been the buzzword among Punjab’s policymakers for at least two decades now. It will remain so even when the next government takes over in a couple of weeks’ time. But on the ground, farmers are still planting paddy during kharif and wheat...
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