Agriculture

 Go ahead for Indo ASEAN free trade agreement

Green light for Indo ASEAN free trade agreement

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Plantation Crops, Edible Oils, Trade, Farmers, Imports, International Cooperation, Asia, India
Agriculture

 Economy no longer monsoon dependant, but farmers are

Less rain is bad news for small farmers, not the economy

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Rainfall
Industry

 Why do farmers have to die?

The agriculture minister told parliament last week that 100,000 farmers had committed suicide from 1998 to 2003, a period for which his government had data. This means 45 farmers killed themselves

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Inputs, Cotton, Farmers, Subsidies, Industry, India, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
Agriculture

 Thin end of the wedge?

Maharashtra legalises contract farming, says farmers interests won t be harmed

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Food Process Industry, Trade, Farmers, Legislation, Maharashtra
India

 No pesticides

Farmers can save crops without pesticides. And they can earn more in the deal. sopan joshi records a great change sweeping through Andhra Pradesh. It’s called non-pesticidal

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Pesticides, Natural Pesticides, Pest Control, Rice, Cotton, Oilseeds, Farmers, Technology, India, Andhra Pradesh
Agriculture

 Housing more funds

Warehousing Bill, a double edged sword for farmers

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Finance, Legislation, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab
Economy

 No greenhorn

FM focuses on political environment

Publication Date: 
30/03/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Farmers, Rural Development, Economic Development, Finance, Governance, Parliament, India
India

 Crushed by sugar

Farmers in Chhattisgarh blame the state for losses

Publication Date: 
14/02/2006
ALOK PRAKASH PUTUL
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Sugarcane, Farmers, India, Chhattisgarh
Mining

 Driven to the extreme

Rampant pollution and state inaction forces farmers to attack and kill a miner in Goa

Publication Date: 
14/02/2006
VASUDHA SAWAKER
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Mining, Stone Industry, Farmers, Conflicts, Goa
Agriculture

 South Asia

FISHING LICENCE: Fisher folk associations in Sarawak are up in arms over the renewal of foreign chartered vessel licences in the state, claiming the government broke a promise made to them by the

Publication Date: 
14/12/2005
Down to Earth
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Land Ownership, Agriculture, Fisheries, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh

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