-Deccan Herald The country suffered a massive crop diversity loss during the British Raj; later, the green revolution eroded much of the native crops The UN World Food Programme says that 45 million people worldwide are on the brink of starvation. The hunger situation in India is no less alarming. The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in its report, “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2020” stated that...
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Wheat procurement & lifting impacted in Punjab, 18 farmers have committed suicide so far -Harpreet Bajwa
-The New Indian Express Also this season till yesterday only 62.81 per cent of wheat has been lifted. Thus approximately eighteen farmers have committed suicide to date across the state this month alone due to low yield. CHANDIGARH: The procurement operation of wheat this season in Punjab has been impacted as till yesterday different central and state government agencies, including the Food Corporation of India have purchased only 85.98 Metric Tonnes (MT)...
More »A New Paradign for Indian Agriculture: From Agroindustry to Agroecology (2022) -Neelam Patel, Bruno Dorin, and Ranveer Nagaich
-NITI Aayog Working Paper, ISBN: 978-81-953811-7-3 Abstract - The importance of agriculture in an economy usually declines as it climbs the development ladder. Raising agriculture productivity has been known to be an important precursor. Labour productivity in agriculture can either be increased by higher land productivity or higher land availability per farmer and mechanisation. In India, however, the dramatic increase in land productivity through industrial farming has caused severe environmental damage and...
More »Rabi diversification pays dividends to farmers as mustard prices at all-time high in Punjab -Vishal Joshi
-Hindustan Times Data from Punjab agriculture department says an estimated 1.34 lakh acre was under mustard cultivation in 2021-22, highest in last 15 years. Since 2007, farmers are sowing mustard on 30,000 hectares or 74,000 acres every year Bathinda: After diversifying to mustard crop (about 44% jump) in the 2021-22 rabi season, enterprising farmers are now reaping profit by selling the produce for up to Rs.7,000 per quintal, 28% higher than this...
More »In Wake of Ukraine War, India Set to See Rising Food Grain Prices -Siraj Hussain and Shweta Saini
-TheWire.in The wholesale price inflation for wheat in March was 14%. The retail prices will, therefore, reflect the same once the peak arrival season is over, in June 2022. Even the critics of India’s public distribution system (PDS) acknowledge that it worked well during the Covid-19 pandemic. Additional allocations of free food grains at 5 kg per person per month, under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), helped prevent mass hunger...
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