Mint

Indian agriculture is currently in a precarious state with extended glut and farmer unrest across the country. Farm income has gone down despite high foodgrain and horticulture production in the last two years. This is worrisome. The government is scrambling for solutions. It has come up with alternative schemes of procurement and compensation mechanism for crops, which are distortionary and unsustainable in the long run, besides being a fiscal burden.

The Tribune

With the weather turning favourable, paddy harvesting has picked up in the district. And along with harvesting, the cases of stubble burning have also started coming to light.

The Tribune

Rice-wheat cropping system is a major cropping system in the state and these crops occupy about 35 and 30 lakh hectares of area, respectively, in Punjab.A major concern of this cropping system remains the management of rice straw. With the cultivation of rice and wheat crops, about 14 and 20 million tonnes of straw is produced, respectively. Wheat straw is used as fodder for cattle. However, rice straw is still the cause of grief for farmers.

The Pioneer

Paddy growers of Punjab and Haryana have become “soft targets” as they are often blamed for causing air pollution in the NCR region due to stubble burning, farm experts said Wednesday, as they pitched for incentivising growers for the management of crop residue.

Nagaland Post

Sikkim’s achievement in becoming the world’s first totally organic agriculture state has gotten it a place on the shortlist of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Award.The FAO said that the award “will celebrate policies that create enabling environments that advance” a transition to sustainable food and agriculture systems that are crucial to achieving sustainable development and climate resilience.