When Rajan Varghese and his wife, Shailaja, plucked the first dragon fruit from their house’s terrace garden in Kanippayyur, Thrissur, it was a watershed moment. ‘We planted the stem last November and impatiently have been waiting for this day,’ Rajan had said. Just as...
A few farmers died in Maharashtra four years ago as a result of pesticide inhalation while spraying their crops. The majority of them were from the Yavatmal district. According to police records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, 22 farmers died that year as a result of...
In the current marketing year, which ends in September, the government has purchased nearly 890 lakh tonnes of paddy at MSP, an all-time high. This comes in the midst of a farmers’ protest near Delhi’s borders. Thousands of farmers, primarily from Punjab, Haryana, and western...
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar asked state governments on Monday to focus on creating a database for their respective states using the Centre’s federated farmer database and allowing linkage to state land record databases. Speaking...
According to Anil Ghanwat, Shetkari Sanghatana leader and member of the SC-appointed panel on farm laws, the report on farm laws submitted to the Supreme Court (SC) should be made public for debate and discussion. ‘We have now been submitting our report to the SC for five months. It...
