Agroforestry Comes to the Rescue of a Pandemic-hit Tribal Community in Assam
In 2020, as young people returned home to their rural communities displaced from their jobs in the…
How DAP is Subsidised and Priced?
DAP or di-ammonium phosphate is the second most used fertiliser in India. In 2020-21, 11.91 million…
Sri Lanka Bans Chemical Fertilisers; Could Become World's first Organic-only State
Sri Lanka has banned the import of chemical fertilisers and agrochemicals at a decision its cabinet…
Poly House Cultivation is Not Profitable without Subsidy, HP University Researchers Find
Is protected cultivation in poly houses profitable? Indervir Singh, Faculty Member of the Central…
Bihar's Maize is Bought by Private Traders; Can its Rice Farmers Do Without Regulated Mandis and Procurement?
Speaking to Harish Damodaran of the Indian Express on 26 April, Balram Singh Yadav, Managing…
Budget 2021-22 Disappoints by Not Making Allocation for Diversification from Wheat and Rice in Punjab, Haryana
There hasn’t been a big increase in the share of wheat or rice procured by the previous or present…
FM Shifts Food and Fertiliser Subsidy Arrears to the Budget; Acknowledges their True Extent
The Finance Minister has come clean on subsidies. The food subsidy was underprovided in the last…
Economic Survey Wants Rural Schools for Farmers to Transform Them Into Entrepreneurs
The option of setting up rural agricultural schools for hands-on training may be explored to…