India is blessed with diverse agro-climatic conditions, which can be harnessed for its potential to become a seed hub for several other countries. To achieve this purpose, the country needs to make investments in R&D and policies to create export opportunities. The Indian seed industry has...
Through a fourth Ordinance, India can set a precedent in the world where nature and the agrarian economy grow together has taken a small step for farmers but a big leap for free market through the three farm laws. Wooing the US “agri-dollar”, we have liberalised...
Incentivise farmers for agro-ecological plantations and agro-forestry by relaxing land ceiling limits India has taken a small step for farmers but a big leap for free market by liberalising farm gate for business, yet shackled farmers and farm families under archaic land ceiling laws. Can agrarian...
While giving money to tractor manufacturers may or may not help, the triumvirate – Delhi, UP and Haryana – should look to plan out a green farming zone. Urban society, industry and people still face the trammels of the lockdown, yet Delhi is getting breathless on...
Corporations and agro-processors can demand graded products for MSP. Otherwise, they may not buy at all or at reduced prices. Where will the small farmer go then? A Bharat bandh, millions of farmers on the streets, eight Opposition leaders suspended, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners and...
Can the government guarantee that India won’t go the US agri-business way due to these reforms? If the implementation fails, no one can safeguard our farms. Did our Rajya Sabha pass the farm bills in a high-handed manner? The live-stream this Sunday from the Upper House...
The illegal marijuana trade thrives in India, making billions for the mafia, while stealing from the government and public treasury. Legalisation could change this. As the legal cannabis industry soars post COVID-19, market reports indicate that marijuana-related businesses in the United States could touch $15 billion...
The Government using the lockdowns, curfews and sundry other curbs in the name of public health concerns is just a façade One swallow doesn’t make a summer but one Ambani, Anmol, speaking out against the lockdown makes for an interesting situation. Recently, the son of Anil...
Government must keep all seeds for sowing under ECA purview and strengthen this law. As agribusinesses celebrate the removal of pulses, oilseeds, cereals, etc from the purview of the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), Indian farmers and consumers may not be so jubilant. The government’s advisors, in...
We must replace synthetic goods with biodiverse and sustainable products that help heal small communities and forests. Mayday! Mayday! Pollution, climate chaos and now Covid-19, Spaceship Earth needs to take a desperate reset, before all systems burn down. Nature is fed up, and on this World...