Category: Agriculture

Thirty seven countries in the world have seen food riots and social unrest! The urban poor have been hard hit, a new historic experience! All time high prices rice, wheat and dairy products! The price of rice had doubled in one year, the other crops, wheat, soya bean and sugar and dairy products have seen…

What Mr.Sharad Pawar is doing? Where the PM’s expertise? Do these gentlemen and the hon’ble lady or ladies care for the poor and the rural people? Now, everyone in the government and outside knows that there is a food-prices-driven inflation and there is an element of helplessness and a lot of desparation. Rightly so. So…

Kerla paddy farmers commit suicide! Man-made suicides,thanks to CPI(M) ideology! Introduce private sector into paddy harvesting operations! CPI(M) wing farm labour union prevented paddy harvesting machines deployed for harvesting standing paddy crop in  the kuttanad region of Alapuzha region. The region is the hub  of paddy farming in the state and this season,the state witnessed…

And then, what to do? Call in a corporate icon like Captain Gopinath to streamline the foodgrains management and rationalise the price of essential commodities! There is a 40-month high inflation at 7 and above per cent. There is a great deal of tension in the government. The Cabinet is divided as to what to…

Who talks of land reforms these days? Not even the Communists who were once associated with this piece of legal fiction! Yes, land reforms have become a piece of legal fiction only. The reality is otherwise! Today, the trend is land-grabbing! Today, you can grab as much private and public land as you can, as…

Forestry and medicinal crops depts Can generate agriculture prosperity! If Nabard mandate is redrawn and SHGs and microfinance are put under a Cabinet Minister! State level agri finance corporations a must! New subsidies to new generation farm enterprises can usher in economic prosperity in the villages! New insurance cover for the agro-micro enterprises could trigger…

Without agri sector being part of it? PM confesses it is a “peculiar puzzle”! The next general elections will be won or lost on farmer’s issues? The PM is clueless and might not care for! Yes, the next elections are looming large on everyone’s mind. The 54th National Development Council meeting saw enough to doubt…

World economic slow-down affects Indian growth Food prices on the rise world over and so our food self-sufficiency goal at risk Climate changes can impact India’s agriculture prospects and we need a new agriculture strategy These are now the world scenario as far as India’s agriculture prospects are concerned. Yes, as for the economic growth…