Business Standard  National Herald

Agrarian crisis emerged as a major political concern in 2018, fuelled mainly by a fall in crop prices and a poor procurement mechanism which will provide opposition parties a common ground to rally against the BJP ahead of the next year’s general elections. The anger brewing against the perceived “anti-farm policies” of the government could be measured by the poor performance of the BJP in the rural parts of Hindi heartland states in the just-concluded Assembly elections, that saw the BJP ousted from power in all three states.

The Logical Indian

Modern agriculture practices have become one of the perpetrators of climate change that we are facing today. According to the Synthesis Report of the UN ‘Millennium Ecosystem Assessment’ – “Agriculture is the largest threat to biodiversity”. Despite the fact that, agriculture is one of the predominant causes of global warming, its impact on the environment is often overlooked. According to World future council, agriculture is directly responsible for 14% of total greenhouse gas emissions.

Forbes 

A team of leading scientists from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia, as well as senior representatives of the Syngenta Foundation — under the auspices of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and in collaboration with the Volcani Center–last week visited Israel to explore the possibility of establishing an Israel-Africa Agriculture Innovation Center.

The Financial Express

In the recent past, a lot has been written about farm loan waivers. Studies have pointed out that loan waiver programmes do not make much economic sense. However, if current political discourse is any indication, then a loan waiver is the flavour of the month. If not farm loan waivers, what else can we do to increase farm incomes? During the year following loan waivers, small farmers lose out on three counts: Lesser access to formal loans, falling agricultural revenue because of higher informal loan cost, and a falling agricultural productivity.

The Pioneer

Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) on Monday staged a protest in front of the District Administrative Complex over non-fulfilment of pending demands. They demanded that cases registered against farmers for burning stubble be cancelled. Representatives of the union also submitted a memorandum of demands to the Deputy Commissioner in this regard.