Towards sustainable agriculture!Not pursuing an unsustainable rural development strategy! Our conception of agriculture and rural development as things stand is so out of date and not in accordance with how the Indian rural realities are shaping up with rapid urbanization and employment opportunities are opening up with education spreading on a vast scale. Agriculture is…
Category: Agriculture
Netherlands Agriculture
A Tiny country feeds the world ! It is time we in India, more so from Indian agriculture universities and other agri teaching institutes, should become updated with what is happening in other parts of the world. New agriculture research and new agri innovations. We started from here and next few months we read more…
Why Agriculture Matters?
Agriculture in a time of climate change, erratic rains, natural disasters etc!For every one, individuals and people alike?Yes, such questions are not asked everyday and everyone at that! For the simple reason we live at a time when the rest of the world is preoccupied with more self-related questions. Money earning, job securing and running…
Make life easier for farmers, villagers!
India is a great agricultural power, a great agricultural economy!How many of the policy makers, occupying key positions in the power structure of Delhi care to respond sympathetically? To people living within the Lutyen Delhi to borrow a latest phrase the many ‘Ladder Climbers’ perched in the cozy chambers of highly designated variously? Yes, when…
Four months old farmers’ protests prolong!
How long this state of affairs to prolong?Surely, there must be a way out! Agriculture and farmers’ lives are so precious!The country and political leadership owe the people this much of sensitivity and moral burden! The Prime Minister’s 75th edition of Mann ki Bath has come timely as this edition deals with the PM’s concern…
Farmers’ agitation going nowhere?
It looks like the farmers’ months long agitation is unending and this is not a good sign for any government as farming is a critical economic activity where the majority of population is engaged and food production and the social harmony are the first indication of any government’s good governance. And as for farmers, first,…
Farmers’ agitation has to end somehow!
What are the broader requirements and consideration? The farmers of Punjab, as we write are on a war path. It is an unusual agitation, an agitation very unprecedented in independent India, India had never seen such a massive show of protest that had prolonged for more than 45 days, almost one and half month long….
Farmers’ agitation must end!
Better it ends right now! There is as of now, as we writes massive trust deficit between the farmers and the government and this trust deficit must somehow be brought to an end. How is the unresolved question. Farmers’ agitation and the way the deadlock is going to be resolved. The role of the media…