Cash Crops

Ministry reports 43% drop in tobacco cultivation

GOVERNMENT appears to be winning the war against tobacco cultivation, with the Ministry of Agriculture reporting a decline in the amount of land currently under production.

Publication Date:

22/08/2014

Source: Jamaica Observer (Jamaica)

Tags:

Agriculture, Tobacco, Jamaica, Cash Crops

Agriculture

Maharashtra still leads in farmer suicides

With the highest number of farmer suicides in 2013, Maharashtra continues to paint a dismal picture on the agrarian front.

Publication Date:

09/07/2014

Author(s): Pavan Dahat

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Farmers, Irrigation, Budget, Cash Crops, Agriculture

Climate Change

Large cardamom farming in changing climatic and socioeconomic conditions in the Sikkim himalayas

Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum) is an important cash crop and livelihood option for people in Sikkim. This high-value, minimally labour-intensive, and non-perishable crop is cultivated as an understory perennial crop in association with Himalayan alder (Alnus nepalensis) and other forest tree species that provide shade.

Publication Date:

01/06/2014

Author(s): Uma Partap, Ghanashyam Sharma, Min Bahadur Gurung, Nakul Chettri, Eklabya Sharma

Source: ICIMOD

Tags:

Climate Change, Agriculture, Sikkim, Cash Crops, Climate Impacts, Economy

Agriculture

Indian cashew processing industry-An overview

Cashew is often regarded as 'poor man's crop and rich man's food' and is an important cash crop and highly valued nut in the global market. The area under cashew cultivation is the highest in India. However, it is not so in the case of productivity, processing and quality. In reality, the Indian cashew industry has a high untapped potential to support the livelihood of cashew farmers, provide numerous employment opportunities and improve returns through global trade.

Publication Date:

01/04/2014

Author(s): Karthickumar Paramasivan

Source: Journal of Food Research and Technology

Vol:

2

Issue:

2

pp:

60-66

Tags:

Cashew Nut, Cash Crops, India, Agriculture, Trade, Food Standards

Agriculture

The political economy of farmers’ suicides in India: indebted cash-crop farmers with marginal landholdings explain state-level variation in suicide rates

A recent Lancet article reported the first reliable estimates of suicide rates in India. National-level suicide rates are among the highest in the world, but suicide rates vary sharply between states and the causes of these differences are disputed. We test whether differences in the structure of agricultural production explain inter-state variation in suicides rates.

Publication Date:

26/03/2014

Author(s): Jonathan Kennedy, Lawrence King

Source: Globalization and Health

Vol:

10

pp:

1-9

Tags:

Farmers, India, Debt, Cash Crops, Agriculture, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Politics, Rural Poverty, Landless

Agriculture

Statistical information on Nepalese agriculture 2012/2013

With a view to provide comprehensive statistical information on agriculture as well as other related variables, the "Statistical Information on Nepalese Agriculture, 2012/13" is being prepared and published by the Agri Statistics section, Agri-Business Promotion and Statistics Division, Ministry of Agricultural Development (MOAD). The contents in this edition are Pre estimation of micro (district) level statistics on cereal crops, cash crops, pulses, livestock, poultry, fishery and horticulture.

Publication Date:

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Source: Government of Nepal

pp:

Tags:

Agriculture, Nepal, Statistics, Crops, Cash Crops, Livestock, Fisheries, Horticulture, Irrigation, Agricultural Inputs

Environment

Farmers to protest against Gadgil report

Farmers organisations led by Indian Farmers Movement (Infam) have decided to stage dharnas and take out protest marches on November 1 in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts to protest against recomm

Publication Date:

31/10/2013

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Farmers, Kozhikode (D), Malappuram (D), Western Ghats, Land, Cash Crops, Ecology

Agriculture

Push for field trials on GM cotton varieties

Demanding that steps be taken to increase the country's cotton production, Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) on Wednesday said field trials on genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties shou

Publication Date:

12/09/2013

Source: Times Of India (Coimbatore)

Tags:

Bt Cotton, GM Crops, Cotton, Agriculture, Cash Crops, Supreme Court, Biosafety, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Pesticides

Agriculture

30.6pc fall in tea cultivation area over ten years: SRDI

The state-run Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) has claimed that there has been about 30.6 per cent fall in the tea cultivation area in the country over the last ten years.

Publication Date:

20/08/2013

Source: Financial Express (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Tea, Cash Crops, Agriculture, Bangladesh, South Asia, FAO

Forests

Illegal marijuana cultivation threatens Nigeria's forests and chimps

The world's highest deforestation rate, the execution of eight environmental activists including a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and ongoing turmoil surrounding oil operations in the Niger River Delta

Publication Date:

30/07/2013

Source: Environment News Network

Tags:

Nigeria, Forests, Deforestation, Illegal Trade, Cash Crops, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Displacement