Can Organic Food Feed the World?
Actually Yes! There are amyriad studies from around the world showing that organic farms can produce about as much, and in some settings much more, than conventional farms.
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SBI Research Doubles Farmers’ Income
The SBI Research Dept recently issued a “Special Report on Agriculture” that claims that farmers’ income doubled in FY22 as compared to FY18 for certain crops in some states… while in all other cases it rose in the range of 1.3-1.7 times. An examination of some of the features of this report.
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Indian Government Is About to Irreparably Damage the Great Nicobar Island with Its Mega Project
If cleared, the project spread over 1,044 square kilometres will ruin the pristine rainforests in the region.
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Mr. Modi, How are You Going to Handle Wheat?
With wheat stocks at a 14-year low and procurement at a 20-year low, how is the ration system going to deliver this staple to crores of people?
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Modi Government and Environment Laws – Two Articles
A NITI Aayog-Commissioned Report Unveils the Hypocrisy of Modi Govt’s ‘Climate Concerns’; and: The Many Bhopal Gas Tragedies Behind India’s Environmental Law Framework.
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Deaths by Suicide Among Farmers in Punjab Signal the Dire Need For Reform
A recent report on farmer suicides in Punjab reveals the circumstances which lead farmers and farm labourers to take their own lives, debunks popular myths regarding the same, and points to policy measures needed to tackle the problem.
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88% of Over 9,000 Punjab Farmers Who Died by Suicide in 18 Years Were Debt-Ridden: Study
The Panjab Agriculture University study examined deaths by suicide among farmers between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of the state.
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‘Ingenious Farmers and Ignoble Experts’: Case of the Supreme Court Appointed Committee on Farm Laws
The experience of the committee on farm laws is a story of ingenious farmers beating the state and its experts in their own game. The committee tried to depict a distorted picture about the farm laws by pushing the agenda of the state. However, the sagacious farmers forced it to bite the dust.
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Rising Farmer Suicides Leaves Families Adrift as Vidarbha Grapples With Multiple Crises
The crisis is well known and has been written about for decades now. Government intervention has taken place but little has changed.
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Wheat Export Debacle: Policy and Real Agenda Are Responsible, Not Mere Bungling
The Modi government has suddenly banned the export of wheat, after promoting it actively for two months. The debacle was not because of government incompetence, but the result of government’s neoliberal policy – withdrawal from procurement and the free hand given to private profiteers.
