KEY TRENDS • Oxfam India's 2023 India Supplement report on poverty and inequality in India reveals that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. Following the pandemic in 2019, the bottom 50 per cent of the population have continued to see their wealth chipped away. By 2020, their income share was estimated to have fallen to only 13 per cent of the national income and have less than 3...
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Kerala far from ‘food security’, pulses production a concern, says book
-The New Indian Express KOCHI: At a time when the state government is harping on food security, the cropped area of all food crops, including cereals, tubers, pulses, fruits and vegetables, covers only 11.03% of the total cultivated area, according to a new report. The production of pulses is another area of concern. The pulses production in the state actually declined to 1,922.94 tonnes in 2020-21 from 2,183 tonnes in 2019-20, wrote...
More »India is waking up to the hidden benefits of natural farming -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Early adopters claim higher yields and low cultivation costs. But scientific validation is awaited Government can keep fertilizer subsidies in check. The fertilizer subsidy bill, driven by a spike in natural gas and other raw material prices, is set to touch a staggering ₹1.3 trillion in 2021-22 Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Or so it happened to KV Homendra. At 23, he went for a degree in...
More »Kharif Outlook: Farmers may opt for soyabean, groundnut instead of cotton
-The Hindu Business Line Question over pulses acreage linger; MSP, rainfall could decide growers crop choice “I will cultivate soyabean this year. Prices for it are ruling at over ₹7,000 a quintal and I will go for it,” says Sunil Mukhati, a farmer near Indore in Madhya Pradesh. “But it is not the case with all my co-farmers. Some of them plan to grow corn and some pulses (moong or green gram),” he...
More »First they laughed at her, now they follow her -IVNP Prasad Babu
-The New Indian Express At the age of 27, K Rajitha, who grows 10 different crops in her one acre of land at Naguluppalapadu, has become a role model for the local farming community. ONGOLE: At the age of 27, K Rajitha, who grows 10 different crops in her one acre of land at Naguluppalapadu, has become a role model for the local farming community. Reason: She has adopted the Zero Budget...
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