The Hindu Business Line – Online

India’s agricultural imports are mainly dominated by vegetable oils, pulses, cashew nuts, fresh fruits and spices

Artvalley cross culture – Online

In a country with over 600 million farmers, most of them small or very small, of which 150 million are landowners, India’s goal of greater agricultural efficiency is predominantly implemented through agricultural mechanization.

Mechanization is used for preparing the soil, sowing high-quality seeds that multinationals — such as Syngenta and Monsanto are introducing to the market — for haymaking and agricultural residue management as well as irrigation, etc. It also integrates the vast world of fertilizers and bio-stimulants to increase crop yields and environmental sustainability.

These are all technological fields in which Italy provides an important contribution. And, Italy is already well positioned in India both as an exporter and as a producer in various ...

Scroll.in – Online

Indian women are left behind on farms to make ends meet as more men migrate from rural areas to cities, seeking higher incomes and better jobs.

Nearly 75% of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women, according to the international humanitarian group Oxfam. Female farmers produce 60% to 80% of the South Asian country’s food.

So it is little surprise women are playing a visible role in the monthslong nationwide protests against agricultural reforms passed last September by the Indian government.

Small farmers are particularly vulnerable to three new laws, which deregulated the agricultural market and weakened the government-established minimum sale price for crops in ways that, demonstrators say, could pit small farmers against big agribusiness firms.

And women, as ...

Financial Express – Online

No political intent, but I shall start by saying Indian agriculture is at a crucial juncture. Covid-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of our economy. Unfortunately, the coverage and impact of the pandemic were so colossal that every segment of our economy bore its brunt. It was the farmers of India, in particular, who could not only resist the blitz of the pandemic but also proved that agriculture can remain the most dependable segment of the Indian economy.

The pandemic, however, has also opened up new opportunities in agriculture, which, if tapped early, can not only make our economy more buoyant but also can contribute to doubling the farmers’ income. Sensing the immense potential of Indian ...

Straight.com – Online

Millions of Indian farmers have been protesting in India’s many states since September 2020 against three laws passed by the Indian government. These laws are:

Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020 The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020

Before discussing what these laws mean to the Indian government and the farmers, let’s look at some statistics about India’s population and poverty. According to the World Bank figures in 2019, 66 percent is rural and 34 percent is urban of the total population of approximately 1.38 billion.

The Times of India – Online

Since green revolution, food production has been growing at 2.3 percent, more than the population growth rate, disproving the Malthusian theory of population, that while population increases by geometric progression, food production increases at arithmetic progression. And Agricultural Extension has played a crucial role in this regard.

None who lived through the phases of green revolution can ever forget the Training and Visit System integrating the research and development from State Agricultural Universities with the agricultural extension efforts of the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture through the grass root Grama Sevaks (Village level Workers) in convincing farmers of the role of modern technology,  farm laws, policies in achieving self-sufficiency in agriculture. In Karnataka, the ...

The Times of India – Online

Announcing the different schemes beneficial for farmers and technology being used to make lives of the farmers easier, state agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria said in the Assembly that in the upcoming years, policies of the state government will yield good results. Addressing the Assembly, Kataria said that farmers in Rajasthan have been doing diverse farming which has been beneficial for the state. The state is first in India in the production of bajra, mustard, isabgol and other crops, and in cumin and fennel seeds, it is on the second position.