Biodiversity and Samosas: Poisoned Together?
Governments are responsible to protect consumers and stop the spread of unapproved seed varieties and test their toxicity and carcinogenity.
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‘This Is Not the India We Fought For,’ Says a 110-Year-Old Protesting Farmer
Gandharv Singh sees stark similarities between the colonial British government he had once resisted and the Modi government he resists today.
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Fortification of PDS Rice to Stem Nutrient Deficiency Unnecessary, Benefits 5 Big Firms – Two Articles
Fortification of PDS Rice to Stem Nutrient Deficiency Unnecessary: Paper; Fortified Rice Scheme to Create Rs 3,000-crore Market for Just Five Big Firms.
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Farmers’ Movement Organises First Kisan Sansad; Farmers’ Tractor March – Three Articles
Starting Thursday, about 200 protestors will participate in the farmers’ parliament at Jantar Mantar, which will take place on each working day of the Parliament until the ongoing Monsoon Session ends. Also – Farmers’ tractor marches in UP.
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Mobilizing Against the Corporate Hijack of Agriculture by UNFSS
The UN Food Systems Summit, including a ‘pre-summit’, is facilitating global corporatisation of agriculture. To mobilise against it, more than 300 global organisations of small-scale food producers, researchers and indigenous peoples are organising a protest pre-summit.
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A Young Farmer Leader on how Seven Months of Protests Created Democratic Spaces
Rajinder Singh Deepsinghwala, the vice president of the Kirti Kisan Union, says that despite their core demands not being met, the past seven months of protests had won a major victory in how they had democratised politics in northern India.
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India’s Farmers and the Neoliberal Playbook
In Mexico, as transnational companies have seized control of the country’s agriculture, the loss of food sovereignty has induced catastrophic changes to the nation’s diet and many small-scale farmers lost their livelihoods. It should serve as a warning to India, as that is what the three farm laws will lead to.
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Farmers’ Agitation Enters Eighth Month: Newsreports
In a spectacular show of strength, on 26 June, farmers’ organisations protested in front of the houses of governors and observed ‘Save Agriculture, Save Constitution Day’ in more than 20 states and union territories against the central Farm Laws and for a legal guarantee of MSP.
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Farmers’ Agitation Completes 200 Days; Farmers Lauch Padyatra in UP – Two Articles
Farmer leaders say that while the agitation brought an awareness over the agrarian crisis, the path ahead remains crucial given upcoming elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand; Farmers lauch padyatra in UP, more to follow.
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Is the Centre’s New MSP Over 50% of Farmers’ Comprehensive Cost? Nope.
The difference between the MSP declared for ten kharif crops and that calculated according to the Swaminathan Commission formula ranges between Rs 611 per quintal to Rs 2,027.5 per quintal, depending upon which one of the ten crops is chosen.
