-ThePrint.in India is one of the worst affected by worldwide fertilizer crisis. Crop nutrients' prices soared as tight coal & natural gas supplies forced fertilizer plants in Europe to close. New Delhi: Indian Farmers squeezed by a massive shortage of fertilizers are turning to the black market and paying exorbitant prices for supplies. The shortfall has led to a thriving market where subsidized crop nutrients are sold illegally at prices much higher than...
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A Dalit Women’s Collective Is Fighting For The Land It Toils On, In Gujarat -Aarefa Johari
-Behanbox.com Mumbai: Around 400 metres off the Gujarat state highway near Vautha village, along the snake-like curves of the Sabarmati river, lie nearly a hundred acres of land that government records describe as “non-useful riverside land”. But on the ground, in early April, Baluben Makwana led me through a dirt path to an unexpected scene. On one side was a sprawling expanse of wheat fields, ripe stalks swaying gently in the wind...
More »What will a legal guarantee of MSP involve? -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Why are farm unions seeking a minimum support price for all crops? What are the terms of the committee set up to look into their demands? The story so far: After a year-long agitation on the borders of Delhi, protesting farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha have achieved their headline demand, namely the repeal of three contentious laws seeking to reform the storage and marketing of...
More »MSP committee to be formed, now go home, says Union agri minister; not so fast, say Farmers -Amit Bhardwaj and Sreya Chatterjee
-IndiaToday.com On Saturday, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to look into the MSP issue. He urged the protesting Farmers to "go home". However, the Farmers said they need more clarity. On Saturday, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to make the minimum support price (MSP)...
More »Tone and tenure of Farmers' protest might change, but stir will go on: Yogendra Yadav -Aishwarya Paliwal
-IndiaToday.com Yogendra Yadav said even as the Centre has decided to repeal the three farm laws, the Farmers are firm on their demand of bringing the MSP under law. Speaking to India Today TV, Yogendra Yadav, who is also a part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), said even as the Centre has decided to repeal the three farm laws, the Farmers are firm on their demand of bringing the minimum support...
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