-DNA India's agriculture sector is thriving and can provide livelihood to millions more. False pictures form the main plank of the political debate on India's agriculture. One is that of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the other of the Congress. The two big political parties in the country agree with each other in believing that Farmers and the landless folk in the villages are at the end of the tether, and...
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How A Mobile Phone is Revolutionizing the Lives of Soya Farmers in Rajasthan -Shreya Pareek
-TheBetterIndia.com This mobile-based project is not only helping soya Farmers enhance their harvest but also connecting them to the experts and enabling them to access valuable information instantly. Here is all you need to know about how a mobile phone can revolutionize Indian agriculture. Did you know that a simple mobile is almost doubling the soya harvest of women Farmers in Rajasthan? Soya Samridhi, a mobile-based initiative by Self Reliant Initiatives Through...
More »Gujarat Farmers can now directly sell fruits, vegetables
-PTI Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today said it has delisted fruits and vegetables from APMC Act, enabling Farmers to sell produce directly in the market. Till now, Farmers had to compulsorily sell vegetables and fruits like other farm produce through route of Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs). Agriculture and Co-operation Department of the state government has by a public notification issued today delisted fruits and vegetables from APMC Act which will be beneficial...
More »HUL's 42-crore initiative breathing life into public works under MGNREGA -Naren Karunakaran
-The Economic Times The elders of Pimparkhed in the punishingly dry Marathwada region of Maharashtra remember the severe drought of 1972; it was then that the village had seen water conservation work of some significance being undertaken. Over four decades later nothing has changed; this village of 1,000 residents continue to rely on tankers for its water needs. And Marathwada has turned into an epicentre of Farmer suicides in the country;...
More »In India, a devastating harvest season for northern Farmers puts lives at risk -Ritu Sharma
-UCANews.com Some Farmers mull abandoning generations of farming for more reliable jobs Devinder Bhardwaj was hoping for a bumper crop on his modest four-acre (1.6 hectare) plot of land. The profits from selling his wheat in the market, he hoped, would provide a much-needed injection to his family’s savings. But this year, unseasonal rains and hailstorms washed away his plans. “The whole crop was under water due to the rains. Not even a...
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