Agriculture

70 lakh Telangana farmers to get Rs 4,000 per acre from government

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would launch the cheque distribution programme.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2018
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Land, Compensation
Land

Farmers up in arms against land acquisition for new airport project

Jaipur: Farmers whose land will be acquired to develop new Greenfield airport project near Shivdaspura have started protesting against the state government.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Land Acquisition, Air Transport, Farmers, Land
Agriculture

Agriculture science centre gets award for integrated farming model

RAIPUR: The Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district has been recognised as the best such centre in the country for its initiatives like developing nutrition gardens and promoting int

Publication Date: 
20/03/2018
Times Of India (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Agriculture, Farmers, Agricultural Science, Vegetables, Awards
Agriculture

Draft Agriculture Export Policy

The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has come up with a draft “Agriculture Export Policy” which is aimed at doubling the agricultural exports and integrate Indian farmers and agricultural products to the global value chain. Preliminary meeting with stakeholders was conducted to obtain their feedback on the proposed policy.

Publication Date: 
19/03/2018
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Tags:
Agriculture, Exports, India, Farmers
Agriculture

The convergence of peasant struggles worldwide

A plethora of problems face Southern and Northern family agricultures in the current neo-liberal era of financial capital domination worldwide, and has paved the way for the revival of peasant struggles for their social emancipation and legitimate right of access to land and food. Obviously, such struggles also concern all categories of workers and people because what is at stake is the challenge to reach food sovereignty and to build our societies at the local, national and global levels, on the principles of social justice, equality and real democracy.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2018
Rémy Herrera
Economic and Political Weekly
53
11
42-49
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Food Security, Africa, Asia, Land Tenure, Landless, India, Kenya, South Africa, China, Debt
Agriculture

Long march for livelihood

The BJP needs to think beyond farm loan waivers to address intensifying rural unrest. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
17/03/2018
Economic and Political Weekly
53
11
8
Tags:
Farmers, Agriculture, Maharashtra, Political Parties, Subsidies, Rural Poverty, Debt, Landless, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006
Natural Disasters

Question raised in the Rajya Sabha on damage to crops due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms, 16/03/2018

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated that in the month of February, 2018 many states like Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Karnataka and other Northern States had received rainfall and some States were hit by hail

Publication Date: 
16/03/2018
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Rainfall Pattern, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, India, Farmers, Statistics, Parliament
Agriculture

2,66,615 farmers given agricultural loans

As many as 32 financial institutions – 21 public sector banks, nine private sector banks and two State rural banks – have been extending loans to registered farmers in Assam.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2018
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Farmers, Crop Insurance, Agriculture
Pesticides And Toxins

Pesticide Management Bill fails to address active regulation: PAN

Pesticide Management Bill 2017 is not comprehensive enough to address the multitude of concerns about pesticides in India, according to toxicity watchdog Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pesticides, Hazardous Products, Farmers, Health Effects, Environmental Health, Pesticides And Toxins
Agriculture

Seed farms help Cameroon's climate-hit farmers shore up harvests

Farmers in Cameroon struggling with the effects of prolonged drought are finding relief through a government-supported initiative to give them access to better crop seeds.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Agriculture, Seeds, Farmers, Cameroon, Climate Change, Maize, Africa

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