Ahmedabad Mirror

Aday after PepsiCo announced to withdraw cases against Gujarat potato farmers for “producing and selling its registered FC5 variety of potatoes in the open market”, activists and farmer organisations have sought compensation and unconditional apology from the company for harassment caused to farmers. About 40 activists and representatives of farmer organisations, including Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, met at Gujarat Vidyapith on Friday and announced setting up of Seed Sovereignty Forum, an umbrella organisation that will fight for the rights of farmers

O Heraldo

The camp, an endeavour that hasn’t been attempted in the past, lasted for a full eight days with over 120 students learning the art of farming and agriculture by actually getting into the field. Children from different schools of Fatorda constituency aged below 16 years were taught various things about agriculture including grafting, vermi composting and even mushroom cultivation through practicals. The popularity grew further and a batch of students from Carmel High school too joined in the fun of learning agriculture.

The Times of India

After receiving the first installment of financial aid under the NDA government’s PM-KISAN scheme, more than 4.39 lakh farmers in Tamil Nadu are still waiting for the second installment of 2,000 for not updating their Aadhar number to the agency implementing the scheme.

The Times of India

Country’s agriculture sector performed well during the second term of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government despite adverse climate conditions that were prevalent in major part of the regime, said a working paper by the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K).

The Times of India

The Gujarat high court on Friday sought an affidavit from the government explaining the situation of water supply from the Narmada canal for agriculture in 16 villages that fall in Botad and Bhavnagar districts

CNBC TV 18

Noted agricultural economist Yoginder K. Alagh on Friday asked the government to implement MS Swaminathan committee’s recommendations for farmers.

Alagh said, “I think the government is in the right direction. We know that there are markets where the eNAM has worked. For example, chillies in Andhra Pradesh. So, in many of these schemes, last mile coverage, particularly for the small farmers, are not reaching them.”