The draft seeds bill favours the industry over farmers
The current seeds bill bears the imprint of the seed industry which never masks its displeasure at the enabling provisions…
Millets in the Indian Plate: A Policy Perspective
Millets have a potential role in resolving nutrition-related problems of the country though there are challenges from the demand side.
Sowing the seeds of conservation
Around 100 seed conservationists and groups from various parts of India will participate in the Seed festival at Chennai, which…
‘We have more hardy, nutritious grains than GM can offer’
Debal Deb has conserved 1,200 climate resilient rice varieties. He speaks on the need to conserve traditional seeds and why…
Uttarakhand farmer’s seed saving movement holds promise
Vijay Jardhari of the Beej Bachao Andolan has been conserving and growing a huge variety of traditional crops, crucial for…
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A legally guaranteed MSP will not hit exports
Farm shipments form a small part of the total production and operate independently of the support prices regime When farmers’ movement in India raises a demand for a legally guaranteed MSP (minimum support price), there is often a counter argument posed about how this would affect India’s agricultural export competitiveness. India’s agriculture exports were estimated […]
Digital control: how Big Tech moves into food and farming (and what it means)
Undermining agroecology and local food systems
‘Mere Paas Sarkaar Hai’
‘No reform can succeed that does not seek to strengthen the position of the weak and the excluded.’
Kerala artistes spread awareness on farmer rights
Samskarika Sahithi has become the first cultural body to come out creatively in support of the striking farmers.
Where Camels Take to the Sea
How will all of those kharais fare in a region that has become less hospitable to them?