United News of India – Online

Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday said that “Research in agricultural universities is vital to make agriculture sustainable and to double the income of the farmers.” She emphasised the need to converge the traditional knowledge and modern technology in agriculture to make the farming sustainable and to ensure the food security of the generations to come. The Governor, in her capacity as the Chancellor, addressed the 5th Convocation of the Professor JayaShankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), here, in a virtual mode.

The Times of India – Online

The farm labour crunch has hit harvesting season as migrants are making their way back to their native states again fearing another lockdown in the Tricity. Again, factory owners and farmers are grappling with labour crunch.

 The exodus this time is said to be driven by fear of being trapped in place due to another lockdown and panchayat elections in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Many small-time farmers in Mohali are finding it difficult to get farm labour and have involved their families in harvesting. Bhupinder Singh, a farmer at Mullanpur said, “The wheat crop is ripe and needs to be harvested but we are not getting farm labour. Most of them have migrated back ...

The Hindu – Online

With entrepreneurship opportunities in the agriculture sector rising, there are many options for students

According to the Economic Survey 2020-2021, agriculture constitutes 19.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP), up from 17.8% in 2019-20. This is good news not only for the more than 150 million farmers of India but a

NPR – Online

There’s a battle raging over just how free market India’s economy should become.

For months, India has been dealing with the one of the largest protests the world has seen in modern history. Tens of thousands of farmers across the country are demanding that the government revoke a series of reforms that will change India’s agricultural sector.

Agriculture is by far the largest employer in India. 700 million people make a living from it. For decades, the government has shielded farmers from the free market by providing price supports on some crops, running wholesale markets where farmers can sell their goods, and rounding up buyers to guarantee sales. Now, the government plans to take a step back, ...

Horti Daily – Online

“When the pandemic has passed, we do not want to go back to normal,” says Kunal Kasera. “We definitely think we could go to some better place.” Kunal is the founder of Trufarm Co., an agtech company that has recently begun operations in the city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India. They currently own a 10,000 square feet farm growing exotic leafy greens which sells under their brand Freshgram. The facility also acts as an R & D hub for their various B2B clients.

National Herald – Online

Protesting Indian farmers, who have been camping at the borders of Delhi since November 26, 2020, have support from unexpected quarters. Not just Sikhs and alleged Khalistanis living abroad, as the Government would like people to believe, but even Trump supporting White American farmers seem to believe Indian farmers are right.

The National Herald brought together two Indians, based in California and Chandigarh, to speak about the global impact of big corporates and ‘free market’ on Agriculture and on farmers. Edited transcript of their hour and a half long conversation will be published next week in National Herald on Sunday and on nationalheraldindia.com