Over 50% Agricultural Households are Indebted, Farm Debt Rose by 58% In 5 Years: NSO Survey
The average outstanding loan per household was at Rs 74,121 in 2018-19 compared with Rs 47,000 in 2012-2013, the survey noted.
Lessons Indian Agriculture Could Learn from Kerala
The PM claimed that there was no APMC system in Kerala and asked why the opposition was “misguiding” the farmers on this issue. Professor R. Ramakumar addresses this allegation and also talks about the various schemes of the State government.
Two Dharnas
For months on end, Indian peasants have tenaciously sustained mass protests at two very different sites – one at the borders of Delhi, the other at Silger, Chhattisgarh. While their issues look very different, at another level, the protests are linked. Also: ‘Chhattisgarh: Silger Protests Continue, Increase in Violence Hinder Access to Justice’.
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.
Why Are Adivasis Opposed to Vedanta’s Zinc Smelter Plant in South Gujarat?
The industrial unit, into which Vedanta will pump in an estimated Rs 10,000 crore in phases, is being set up despite opposition from local residents and members of the civil society over its environmental impacts; there are also problems in the way land for the project was allotted.
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.
Rob Wallace on the Political Economy of Pandemics
In this interview, Wallace speaks on the origins and future of COVID-19, the case for universal vaccination, agribusiness and public health, capital circuits, the spillover of pathogens and the future of humanity.
The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems
Mega-corporations are all set to walk away with the keys to global governance of food and agriculture at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year. Pat Mooney talks about what is at stake and The Long Food Movement counterstrategy.
Toxic Chemicals Engulf the Planet
The planet has become a toxic soup of tested, untested, and inadequately tested chemicals that includes deadly toxins. Far and away, it exceeds global warming emissions. Despite it being such a pressing issue, it has not been publicly recognized as such.
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.