The measures will enable farmers to directly contract with sellers, allow them to retain a greater share of the surplus by reducing the role of middle men, the director of IMF’s communications department, Gerry Rice, said

Supreme Court stays all 3 farm laws until further orders

21 Jan 2021

The three-judge bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian announced the setting up of an exper committee that will also be part of judicial proceedings

Farmer protesters damage telecom towers in Punjab; source outside support

04 Jan 2021

Nafed’s digital marketing platform to connect Farmer Producer Organisations nationwide

29 Dec 2020

Leaders of 10 farmer unions extend support to new farm laws

23 Dec 2020

In 2008, Punjab and Haryana farmers led by Bharatiya Kisan Union protested against the then UPA government for forcing them to sell at MSP, now they want to preserve it!

Badals let anti-nationals hijack farmers’ protest

09 Dec 2020

While SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal keeps shifting his stance, leaders of the anti-government protests are trying to avoid direct talks between farmers and the government for fear of their coming to terms, which could spoil their chances of cornering the Modi government

When farmers speak for middlemen who loot them!

08 Dec 2020

Without these middlemen, the protesters say, there won’t be any fresh investment and the farmers would be worse off – banks insist on farm loans to be used only for farming while loans that local financiers provide can be used for any purpose – and that government is always welcome to write off their deb

Govt offers to talk with protesting farmers without conditions

01 Dec 2020

The central government says that the new farm laws are meant for farmers’ welfare while the farmers content that the laws will weaken the APMC system, leaving them vulnerable to corporate interests

India looks to organics to increase share of Basmati exports

30 Nov 2020

Nafed to launch 10,000 honey farmer collectives

30 Nov 2020

Saffron starts flowering in parts of Sikkim in North East

12 Nov 2020

Kharif rice procurement up over 19% at 24.31 million tonnes

11 Nov 2020

IFFCO’s organic food JV with Sikkim govt coming up at Rangpo

21 Oct 2020

CSIR-IHBT research makes asafoetida cultivation possible in Himachal

20 Oct 2020

New wheat variety doubles yield for farmers in Maharashtra village

15 Oct 2020

Developed by the Agharkar Research Institute, the MACS 6478 wheat, also called high yielding Aestivum, is nutritious compared to other varieties, matures in 110 days and is resistant to most races of leaf and stem