The Times of India

All of a sudden it seems to be Kashmir in Madhya Pradesh: at least five protesters shot dead in Mandsaur district, prohibitory orders and internet shutdowns enforced.

The New Indian Express

Months before crisis struck the BJP-ruled states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, when distressed farmers took to the streets, the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Nripendra Mishra chaired a meeting at South Block to discuss measures to liberalise agriculture from controls and restrictions that affect farmers’ income.

Hindustan Times

Even though supply is still short, the prices have reduced. Customers had bought extra stock earlier.

News18

Bitter lessons from the year gone by As the new farm season sets itself on the beleaguered, indebted, sullied and fatigued farming masses across the country, the year gone by tells us three things

Orissa Post

Inching a step forward in enhancing the farmers’ income, the state government Wednesday sanctioned 47 agriculture, food production and allied sector projects under Rashtriya Krushi Vikash Yojana (RKVY) for 2017-18 fiscal.

The Financial Express

Politicians in India are spoiling farmers through populist steps like loan waivers, which can have an adverse impact on the agriculture sector in the long run, Niti Aayog member Professor Ramesh Chand has said.

First Post

Barely a month ago, Ashok Gulati, an eminent agriculture expert, wrote in The Indian Express: “Several of these steps (like farm loan waiver, government purchase of wheat and potatoes and notice to sugar meals for clearing farmer dues, etc) highlight the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s concern for farmers who have been getting a raw deal for years.

The Financial Express The Echo of India

With Pulses prices under pressure due to supply glut, the Reserve Bank today made a case for government interventions to arrest the price fall. Pulses prices, especially tur dal, have fallen sharply in wholesale mandis below the minimum support price (MSP) of $5,050 per quintal due to a record crop this year.

Nyoooz

Citing high rainfall as one of the reason for the high acidity in the soil content of the state, the department of agriculture has launched a scheme for farmers to get the soil from their farms, tested.

Millennium Post

Acknowledging the role of farmers of tribal areas in generation and conservation of biodiversity, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that new technological innovations in agriculture must reach to the fields of tribal areas as they contributed a lot in protecting the environment.

The Times of India

In a bid to revive rice cultivation in Wayanad district, the agriculture department will implement a Rs 2.94 crore scheme under which financial aid would be provided to farmers for paddy cultivation in 9,000 hectares of land.

The Financial Express

Uttar Pradesh, Usually a laggard in wheat procurement despite being the biggest grain producer, has purchased a record 3 million tonne (MT) of grain from farmers so far in the on going rabi marketing season.

The Hindu

After incurring heavy loss last year for extensively cultivating onion, farmers of Vijayapura district are now reluctant to take up the same crop this year with the fear of meeting the same fate

The Hindu Business Line

Arrival of pulses, pulse seeds in Indore and other mandis has been disrupted badly, leading to rise in prices of pulses and pulse seeds.

BW Hotelier

BEING NATURAL in the most hygienic, healthy way possible is the mantra for life. And this has been very well adapted by Earth Food which is producing its own range of fruits and vegetables grown in the purest form without using pesticides and sold to the customers without adding preservatives and synthetic food enhancers.

Nyoooz

“The district normally receives around 40 mm of rain in June and around 167 mm for the season,” said director of the agro climate research station at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University S Paneerselvam.

Business World

Genetically Modified (GM) mustard can make the nation self-dependent on edible oil requirements,” says a collective statement by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) during an open session in New Delhi. More than 250 noted scientists have participated in the session. Going a step forward NAAS has challenged opponents of GM mustard that they have created havoc out of nothing. The NAAS scientists had even passed a proposal in favour of GM mustard crops. NAAS has written a letter, appealing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for intervention in the sensitive matter of national welfare.

The Financial Express

In the innovative venture, every farmer each get a 320-square-foot steel shipping container for a year, and they can even control the climate of their own farm. The container consists of pink LED lights where the farmers can harvest GMO-free crops throughout the year. Groszyk makes personal deliveries to his 45 customers. He says that he selects particular crops based on the feedback from users as well as experiments with new crops if there are special requests.

The Tribune

“While farmers, who produced BT cotton last year, harvested an average of 21 quintals per hectare, those who sowed desi varieties reaped 15 quintals. The yield was even poorer where farmers could not get quality seeds,” says Gurjeet Singh Mann, a progressive farmer of Sirsa district that has the largest area under cotton in the state. Mann says there are several other problems such as attacks by caterpillars and desi cotton requires eight to 10 rounds of picking against three rounds required for BT cotton. The spinning industry prefers BT and American cotton due to its long staple, better strength and fineness.