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PTI
Punjab Farmers Boycott Meeting on Farm Laws No Minister Present
14 Oct 2020
‘No proper discussion took place. Neither the Union agriculture minister nor junior ministers were present to hear our concerns.’
Bharat Dogra
Cuba’s Big New Hope For Farmers and Environment
14 Oct 2020
Policymakers everywhere can learn from the island nation how to amp up food production while reducing chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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Kerala to Strengthen Farmers’ Collectives to Counter ‘Corporate-Friendly Farm Reforms’
22 Sep 2020
The state government, which is stiffly opposed to the controversial farm Bills, is looking at Kudumbashree-like alternatives to fight contract farming.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Andhra Farmers to Intensify Protests Against Passing of Farm Bills
21 Sep 2020
All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), an association of 250 farmers’ organisations, has called for a Bharat Bandh on September 25.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Centre Keeps Mum on COVID-19 Impact on Migrant Labourers, Rural India and Tourism
16 Sep 2020
Both the labour ministry and the home ministry said they did not have data on the number of migrant workers who died during the lockdown.
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
54 Million People in the U.S. May Go Hungry During Pandemic—Can Urban Farms Help?
30 Aug 2020
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Heavy RainFall Submerges Farmlands in Telangana, Flood Threat in Andhra’s Godavari Districts
17 Aug 2020
As per preliminary estimates, 50,000 acres of farmland in Telangana is submerged due to rains.
Indira Khurana
Returning Migrants Can Become India’s New Water Warriors
07 Aug 2020
Water is critical to eliminating or perpetuating poverty. The pandemic reminds us that villages need a strong measure of self-reliance in water.
Julián Inzaugarat
Green Belts Protection Law, a Road to Food Sovereignty in Argentina
24 Jul 2020
The national deputy, Federico Fagioli, and peasant organizations are promoting a bill to protect, strengthen and regulate food production by family agricultural producers
Prudhviraj Rupavath
6 Crore People in West Bengal, 45 lakh in Odisha Affected Due to Cyclone Amphan
26 May 2020
Reportedly, the Sundarbans, mangroves spread over thousands of square kilometres in West Bengal and Bangladesh, have also been severely affected.