Farmers In India

Opinion: 5 Lessons For Politicians From Farmer Anger In These Elections

Opinion | Kota Neelima | Friday December 14, 2018

After the 2018 assembly election, perhapspolitical parties can muster up the commitment required to address these issues. After all, the rural voter is watching.

"Will Walk Naked To Parliament If Demands Not Met": Tamil Nadu Farmers

India News | ANI | Friday November 30, 2018

The farmers' rally to parliament has been organised by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee.

Walmart Foundation To Invest Rs 180 Crore For Farmer Support In India

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

Walmart Foundation today announced that it will invest about Rs 180 crore (USD 25 million) to improve farmers' livelihoods in the country over the next five years

Part-Time Jobs Could Fix India's Farming Crisis, Say Experts

India News | Reuters | Thursday November 9, 2017

As farmers in India struggle with dwindling incomes and soaring costs, with huge debts triggering a wave of suicides, experts said one solution may be to only work part-time on the land.

Battling Century's Worst Drought, Tamil Nadu Farmers Revive Traditional Grains

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Tuesday August 22, 2017

THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, TAMIL NADU: For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly. In fields near the town of Thiruthuraipoondi in Tamil Nadu, Mr Jayaraman saw yields falling and farmers’ debt rising as their reliance on modern seeds and pes...

Farmer's Daughters Who Pulled Plough Can Now Go To School

| Wednesday July 12, 2017

Bhopal: First came the denial, then warning, but finally, help did reach Sardar Barela and daughters Radha, 14, and Kunti, 11. Two days after a video footage showing the poor farmer in Madhya Pradesh using his two daughters pulling the plough emerged, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has stepped in to help the tribal farmer in the Chief Ministe...

Opinion: Why The Farmer In Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Is So Angry

Opinion | Chandan Mitra | Thursday June 8, 2017

The violent protests in parts of Madhya Pradesh and the endemic agitation in Maharashtra point to a deeper malaise affecting Indian agriculture and agriculturists.

Prince Charles Announces New Dedicated Fund For Indian Farmers

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 4, 2016

Prince Charles has unveiled plans for a new dedicated fund, likely to be worth millions of pounds, to be created to help farmers in India break out of poverty. The heir to the British throne announced the plan in his capacity as the Founder and President of the British Asian Trust (BAT), which works towards empowering lives in South Asia by harness...

As Reservoirs Run Low, Farmers Slash Sugar Cane Planting

Business | Thomson Reuters | Wednesday January 13, 2016

Farmers in India's top sugar growing state are being forced to replace cane with less water-intensive crops, as a scorching drought drives authorities to hold back water from dams.

Farmers in India to profit from rising inflation: Union minister Beni Prasad Verma

Business | Monday August 20, 2012

Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has said inflation is good for farmers and that they would benefit from the rising prices.

Bitter seeds

Business | Friday August 10, 2012

The controversy over genetically modified seeds has become a matter of life and death. Every 30 minutes, one farmer in India, deep in debt and unable to provide for his family, commits suicide. This programme follows a season in a village in Maharashtra, from sowing to harvest.

Another crop failure in Tamil Nadu; farmers desperate

Cities | NDTV Correspondent | Saturday July 31, 2010

Paddy farmers in the delta region of Tamil Nadu, the rice bowl of the state, are heading for a second consecutive year of crop failure and are bracing for huge losses.Water from the Mettur reservoir, their lifeline was  released quite late and now even though Karnataka has started to release Tamil Nadu's share of water from the Cauvery, it is ...