Cotton Farming
-
{
- All
- News
- Videos
-
12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
-
In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur, Farmers Say Lack of Crop Insurance for Cotton Led To One Suicide
Days after a cotton farmer in Tamil Nadu killed himself, allegedly because last Friday's unseasonal rains destroyed his entire crop, the farmer's father says his son wouldn't have taken such an extreme step if the state government had insured his cotton crop instead of refusing to do so.
-
Don't vote for Congress, NCP, says Maharashtra farmer in suicide note
Maharashtra farmer, debt-ridden, cotton farms
-
Cotton production goes down by 80% in Guntur
With southwest monsoon playing truant and hourlong frequent power cuts, the cotton farmers in the district have incurred heavy loses.
-
Ahmedabad: Child labour reports on BT cotton farms shock NGOs
More than one lakh tribal children below the age of 14, from various districts of Gujarat, have been forced into hard labour in BT cotton fields across the state - stated the report of a sting operation carried out by Buniyadi Adhikar Andolan Gujarat (BAAG). BAAG is a state-level body formed in 2005, and made up of seven independent member organiza...
-
12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
-
In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur, Farmers Say Lack of Crop Insurance for Cotton Led To One Suicide
Days after a cotton farmer in Tamil Nadu killed himself, allegedly because last Friday's unseasonal rains destroyed his entire crop, the farmer's father says his son wouldn't have taken such an extreme step if the state government had insured his cotton crop instead of refusing to do so.
-
Don't vote for Congress, NCP, says Maharashtra farmer in suicide note
Maharashtra farmer, debt-ridden, cotton farms
-
Cotton production goes down by 80% in Guntur
With southwest monsoon playing truant and hourlong frequent power cuts, the cotton farmers in the district have incurred heavy loses.
-
Ahmedabad: Child labour reports on BT cotton farms shock NGOs
More than one lakh tribal children below the age of 14, from various districts of Gujarat, have been forced into hard labour in BT cotton fields across the state - stated the report of a sting operation carried out by Buniyadi Adhikar Andolan Gujarat (BAAG). BAAG is a state-level body formed in 2005, and made up of seven independent member organiza...
