(Source: PTI) Bibhas Mondal, a farmer of West Bengal's Hasnabad gram panchayat, stopped agricultural work two years ago as Cyclone…
As Indian cities expand, concerns about their rising food demand and the accompanying pressure on the agriculture sector cannot be…
Organisations representing over 350 million farmers and producers wrote an open letter to world leaders on Monday, warning that global…
This week, Australians across three states are mopping up after widespread flooding inundated vast areas. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has…
Families are feeling the pinch of rising food prices. Fresh fruit and vegetables are often no longer affordable. And many…
Tribal tenant farmers from Goa’s interior Sanguem and Quepem sub districts have been protesting against the proposed Indian Institute of…
Even as authorities claim that they are all set to deal with what is now an annual public health crisis,…
It’s sometimes bandied about that enough food is grown globally to feed everyone now and into the future. Undernourishment is…
Rashpinder Singh, 36, is a farmer who owns 17 acres (almost seven hectares) of land in the state of Punjab.…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the BJP-led union government’s policies for farmers of the country, saying while it…
India is facing a water and food crisis, exacerbated by extreme climate cycles such as the current heatwave, during which…
As he talks about his 200-hectare oil palm plantation, Dature Miuli becomes visibly emotional. A passionate farmer and agro-entrepreneur in…
The hike in fuel prices and labour costs have made farming a costly affair, farmers in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad claim. Under…
At the recent polls in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh, free electricity for groundwater irrigation was a major promise of…
For more than a year, India’s farmers came together in the largest protests in world history. Demonstrations started in earnest…
India's parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from…
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on November 1 said the Centre has time till November 26 to repeal…
The state of Meghalaya, in northeast India, has an acute soil erosion problem. One of the rainiest places on Earth,…
With Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik offering to mediate between the agitating farmers and the Centre, farmer leaders said on…
A farmers’ body, which is protesting against the three farm laws passed last year, has approached the Supreme Court seeking…
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's remarks, terming the farmers' protests around Delhi as ''sponsored,'' during his reply in the assembly…
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday demanded immediate scrapping of the Centre's new farm laws, calling for detailed discussions…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought to reach out to the sizeable Sikh community in Bhabanipur constituency,…
The NHRC has sent notices to the governments of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajastan and their police chiefs, over…
For the past few months, Rombha Payeng has had fewer worries on her mind. The 33-year-old homemaker and farmer is…
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