RDSS extends financial aid to families of 17 farmer suicide victims in Vijayawada
Each family given 50,000 to help rebuild their lives through small income-generating activities such as dairy farming, livestock rearing, or tailoring, says RDSS secretary
India fast-tracks fertiliser imports to cushion kharif season from West Asia supply shock
Iran war: India has brought forward a global tender for urea imports and ordered 13.5 lakh tonnes of fertiliser by mid-February. About 90 per cent of this order is expected to arrive by the end of March, the sources said.
In Focus podcast | Why are farmers protesting against an India-US trade deal?
Dr. Ashok Dhawale speaks to us about why farmers are protesting the IndiaU.S. trade framework and what it means for agriculture in India.
Next instalment of Kisan Nidhi to reach farmers on March 13
In the 22nd instalment, over 2.15 crore women farmers will receive financial assistance, says Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Gender, agriculture and climate change
The society needs an ecosystem that focuses on instituting policy and institutional reforms that recognise women not only as caregivers but as farmers, entrepreneurs, and leaders
Rights, justice, action for Indias women farmers
As farming in India feminises, empowering women farmers can drive climate-resilient, biodiversity-rich and nutrition-sensitive agriculture
Over six lakh Maharashtra farmers yet to get 2017 loan waiver scheme benefit: Minister in assembly
Under the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana, 44.04 lakh farmers, out of the total 50.60 lakh eligible ones, have so far received benefits of the loan waiver scheme, while the process for the remaining 6.56 lakh farmers is underway
