Agriculture

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Crop Insurance Schemes, 25/06/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Crop Insurance Schemes, 25/06/2019. State-wise details of claim ratio during 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Provisional for Kharif 2018 season only as complete data is not available for Rabi 2018-19) are Annexed.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Crop Insurance, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), India, Statistics, Parliament
Agriculture

Agrarian distress in India: possible solutions

Agrarian distress in India, built-up over time, has further deteriorated recently. At the height of the farm output, Indian farmers are a disappointed lot. Despite spectacular rise in agricultural production, they continue to languish in poverty.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2019
Barendra Kumar Bhoi, C.L. Dadhich
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
Tags:
Agriculture, Crop Insurance, Minimum Support Price (MSP), India, Farmers
Agriculture

Villagers boycott election over non-payment of crop insurance

More than 2,000 voters, mostly farmers and their family members, in at least four villages, have boycotted polling in protest against non-payment of crop insurance for the year 2017-18.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Crop Insurance, Farmers, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Agriculture
Agriculture

Is there a market for multi-peril crop insurance in developing countries moving beyond subsidies?: evidence from India

Researchers and policymakers have long understood the benefits of crop insurance but have been consistently disappointed by the poor performance of these programs.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2019
Ranjan Kumar Ghosh, Shweta Gupta, Vartika Singh, Patrick S. Ward
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Crop Insurance, Subsidies, Agriculture, India, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Agriculture

Govt plans financial package for farmers; step could cost over Rs 600 bn

Free crop insurance and tweaking the credit schemes are also being considered as part of the relief measures

Publication Date: 
28/12/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Crop Insurance, Ministry Of Agriculture
Agriculture

Nasfam targets 50, 000 farmers with weather-based insurance

The National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (Nasfam) says it intends to reach out to 50,000 smallholders with a weather-based index insurance (WBI) to protecting farmers from crop losses

Publication Date: 
07/08/2018
Malawi News Agency (MANA)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Insurance, Crop Insurance, Droughts, Malawi, Africa
Agriculture

HC seeks govt affidavit on crop insurance policy

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has asked the state government to file an affidavit in response to a PIL filed by the RSS-affiliated farmers' union Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, which has opposed the compul

Publication Date: 
29/06/2018
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Crops, High Court, Crop Insurance, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Agriculture
Agriculture

Maharashtra: Crop loans down by Rs 1,426 crore this season

MUMBAI: Maharashtra's main sowing season has begun, but farmers have been able to get less credit from banks than they did last year.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2018
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Crop Insurance, Agriculture, Farmers
Agriculture

New crop insurance scheme gets govt nod

PATNA: The state cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to the Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme which will replace the existing system of crop insurance with effect from kharif (monsoon) season this yea

Publication Date: 
06/06/2018
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Agriculture, Crop Insurance, Farmers
Agriculture

Agricultural index insurance has big impacts for farmers in Burkina Faso

A devastating drought or other shock can force small-scale farmers in developing economies to sell off assets or cut meals and other consumption to cope. Even the risk of a shock can stifle their future by pushing them to underinvest in profitable but risky activities like cotton farming.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2018
Feed the Future
Tags:
Agriculture, Crop Insurance, Farmers, Burkina Faso, Africa

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