28 Mar, 2020
Harvesting Uncertainties – Small stimulus; fevered farms
The pandemic has deepened the farm crisis and the stimulus pales into insignificance when compared to inexorable disenfranchisement of the farmer.
24 Jan, 2020
Diffusing a crisis: time for collaborative conversation
The barrage of negative farm sector news highlights policy mess extenuating the imponderables around livelihoods in this space where even suicides are not correctly counted.
13 Dec, 2019
Enhancing the agenda for farm sector advocacy
Farmer unions must understand the wider implications of all policies and widen the horizon of their arguments vis-a-vis farmer rights and policy wrongs.
1 Dec, 2019
Time for a new paradigm for farm sector advocacy
Farmer unions have confined themselves to issues that resonate with farmers but missing the big picture around genuine transformation of rural livelihood across India.
1 Oct, 2019
Thwarting climate change impact through policy innovation
The policy-making regime seems to be keen to make the grim prognostications around the impact of climate change come true.
25 Sep, 2019
Changing the climate for sustainability dialogue
Only a sustained and successful awareness campaign to reduce wastage of food and change consumer behaviour can prevent the climate change prophecies from coming true.
7 Aug, 2019
2 Jul, 2019
Will budget 2019 turn the farming tide?
The Indian downturn is underscored by a more-than-expected slump in agriculture exports and farmgate prices, lagging food-processing and poor human resources.
11 Jun, 2019
Half-baked solutions sully farming space
Farmers are easily distracted from livelihood issues while the bureaucracy goes for half-baked solutions, driving India into a precarious future.
