-FirstPost.com "Spray 50 parts per million of Gibberellic ralic acid, 6BA and 0050 grade potassium on leaves. Apply muriate of potash at the rate of 25 kg per acre." Almost every morning, Sanjeev Mane sends messages like these in Marathi to his 5,100 followers on Whatsapp in Maharashtra and the border areas. The post above, of 20 April, was advice to Farmers on preparing their cane crop for the summer season. Cheap Internet...
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Challenge of agrarian distress
-The Hindu Everything else can wait but agriculture cannot, said Jawaharlal Nehru. This should have been the talisman for India’s progress. Yet, successive governments have failed to accord agriculture the priority it deserves. The tragic suicide of a Farmer during an Aam Aadmi Party rally in New Delhi has brought to the fore the agrarian crisis facing India. Official records reveal that more than 2.96 lakh Farmers have ended their lives...
More »Why RBI had to protect small Farmers -Ravi Krishnan
-Livemint.com The RBI norms towards targeted marginal lending for the small Farmer is a structural solution to aid them—unlike bailout packages, which provide only short-term relief In its latest overhaul of priority sector lending rules, the central bank has stipulated that lenders should funnel at least 8% of their credit to small and marginal Farmers. While the overall agriculture loan growth has galloped over the past decade, the chart shows why...
More »GR Poses Threat to Bio-diversity: Dr Deb
-The New Indian Express KOCHI: Questioning the Green Revolution (GR) is like blasphemy in mainstream agricultural discourses. But, plant scientist-turned Farmer Dr Debal Deb, an atheist by choice and seed conservationist by vocation, dares to question the very basics of the Green Revolution, and rips down the tall claims of its proponents. Delivering a lecture on ‘A Journey Towards Ecotopia,’ at the Renewal Centre here on Saturday, Dr Deb held the Green...
More »Resurgent Rahul, Farmer's suicide puts land bill on backburner
-IANS A resurgent Rahul Gandhi and the suicide of a Farmer at an AAP rally in the capital seem to have made the NDA government re-think its strategy on the land acquisition bill and put it on the backburner - at least for now. Desperately trying to fight the "anti-Farmer" tag, the government, which went into a huddle soon after a Farmer committed suicide at the April 22 rally of Delhi chief...
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