Farmers

9 lakh complaints on farm loan waiver scheme in UP

After a record farm loan waiver the Yogi Adityanath government is facing a daunting task of disposing of complaints different departments had received in connection with the farm loan waiver scheme

Publication Date:

05/04/2018

Source: Pioneer (Lucknow)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Crop Insurance, Farmers, Agriculture

Energy

Cabinet nod soon for Rs 50K cr KUSUM scheme on solar farming

The KUSUM scheme, with over Rs 50,000 crore government support to promote the use of solar power among farmers, is likely to get the Cabinet nod by this month end and will be rolled out in the firs

Publication Date:

04/04/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Solar Energy, Agriculture, Wind Energy, Farmers, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Energy

Natural Disasters

Assessing coping strategies in response to drought: A micro level study in the north-west region of Bangladesh

Drought is an extreme and frequent event in the north-west region of Bangladesh and it adversely affects the livelihood of the farming community. Identifying the coping strategies that farmers use in the face of drought is crucial in order to understand how farmers minimize the effects of drought on their production, especially in the face of climatic changes that may impact the occurrence of extreme weather events. The purpose of this study was to assess farmers’ coping strategies for droughts by identifying which strategies are used and the influencing factors.

Publication Date:

02/04/2018

Author(s): Trisna Mardy, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, Md. Asaduzzaman Sarker & et al

Source: Climate

pp:

1-18

Tags:

Droughts, Bangladesh, Farmers, Agriculture, Tubewells, Irrigation, South Asia, Natural Disasters

Agriculture

Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume X - risk management in agriculture( Ashok Dalwai Committee)

The tenth volume of the Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) examines the various risks that the agricultural system is exposed to.

Publication Date:

01/04/2018

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, India, Climate Change, Post Harvest Losses, Integrated Pest management (IPM), Livestock

Agriculture

Agroecology for sustainable food systems

Numerous challenges such as persistent hunger and malnutrition, climate change and environmental degradation, and ever-tightening constraints on resources mean that no less than a transformation of our agricultural and food systems is needed.

Publication Date:

01/04/2018

Author(s): Lim Li Ching

Source: Third World Network

Tags:

Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Farmers, Women, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Agriculture

Supporting Indian farmers: price support or direct income/investment support?

With increasing farm distress in the wake of falling farm prices in 2017, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) came out with an innovative scheme called Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY), a price deficiency payment (PDP) scheme, to support farmers.

Publication Date:

01/04/2018

Author(s): Ashok Gulati, Tirtha Chatterjee, Siraj Hussain

Source: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Tags:

Farmers, Minimum Support Price (MSP), Madhya Pradesh, Telangana

Agriculture

Civil society groups raise voice to stop farmers’ suicide in Rajasthan

During last 9 months, four farmers have lost their lives in Bharatpur district

Publication Date:

30/03/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Rajasthan, Bharatpur (D), Farmers, Agriculture

Agriculture

After pest attack, cotton growers battle poor prices, huge losses

Nagpur: The pest attack has left the cotton growers in a poor state as the rates for their produce have dropped sharply. Cotton arrival is strong in market even by March end.

Publication Date:

29/03/2018

Source: Times of India (Nagpur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Crop Pests, Cotton, Farmers, Agriculture

Water Supply