Despite Nearing Desertification, Why Is Marathwada Not Giving Up Water-Guzzling Sugarcane
It is because if you cultivate sugarcane, you have an assured market.
Five Centuries of Pillage and Resistance: Latin America and Africa
A review of one of the most important books of the 20th century, written by the Uruguayan journalist and writer, Eduardo Galeano: “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”.
A Different Dasara: Farmers Use Creative Methods to Protest Farm Laws
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh use unconventional methods to protest against the Centre’s farm laws.
How India Was Stripped of Its Atmanirbharta in the Edible Oil Industry
In the context of the call for ‘Atmanirbharta’, we need to reexamine our policy towards edible oil imports – it is possible for India to increase production and become self-sufficient.
How the Green Revolution Is Harming Africa
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations World Food Programme, declaring that it wanted “to turn the eyes of the world toward the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.” Those numbers are now greater than ever – and the dysfunctional global…
GM Lobby Plans New Offensive With Gene Edited Crops
As there are increasing warnings by distinguished scientists against Genetically Modified (GM) crops, the strong GM lobby backed by big corporate interests is using several tricks to find a way past these warnings.
Global Significance of Champaran Satyagraha
The launching of the Champaran Satyagraha by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 marked a revolutionary landmark as much in the history of India as in the history of humanity for reconstruction of society and polity based on non-violence.
Rajasthan Farm Bills: Here’s How They’re Different from the Central Acts
Rajasthan has become the third Congress-ruled state, after Punjab and Chhattisgarh, to counter the Central farm Bills.
Agriculture Laws: Farmers Plan National Road Blockade on November 5
Over 500 farmers groups plan to block roads across the country on November 5, the next step in their protests against the three farm reform laws passed by Parliament last month.
Industrial Food Production and the Pandemic
Covid-19 may become unstoppable. But not so the next pestilence. For that, we need to revamp our food production system now.