The politics and the underlying reasons behind the recovery of the Scandinavian wolf population are increasingly contested. According to official policy, wolves should be guaranteed a place in the Swedish natural world. However, the conflict over whether Sweden should host a wolf population sets views on biodiversity and sustainable development …
Goats are increasingly seen as a threat to the ecology as they feed on any type of plant species. But goat keeping continues to be an important livelihood activity for the resource poor people. BAIF has promoted a number of initiatives with twin goals of helping small farmers in rearing …
During 1859-61, a large portion of colonial Bengal became a site of contest between the indigo peasants and English planters, with the Bengali bhadralok and British officialdom as important stakeholders. On the face of it, the Indigo movement was against the oppressive and unremunerative system of indigo cultivation. It was …
Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors, who will bring resources and up-to-date technology. None of the blueprints has worked, and African farmers have become increasingly …
Water is one of the most valuable resources. The agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water resources in the developing countries. Assured supply of water is necessary for sustainable agriculture.
Hyderabad, July 31: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, said cooperative farming will be implemented from this year in at least two places in each district wherever farmers came forward voluntarily. He was farmers from Raghunadhapalli of Warangal district on Friday evening.
This article interrogates the claims of intellectual property to be a right. Drawing on the political theory of rights, it argues that information, ideas and knowledge fail to meet the basic test of rights and intellectual property right prevents those who do not own it from accessing and exercising their …
This paper examines whether the wheat market is integrated across states in India, and concludes that the market is integrated in the long run. This long run integration, however, does not come from the free flow of goods across states in the country, but from the sharing of similar production …
Small land holders can be self sustainable. This was proved by Shri. Santu, a small farmer in Gorakhpur, who started making a decent living from farming by increasing the diversity on the farms and integrating one into another.
The article highlights the strength of integrating farmer’s involvement in identifying native species, establishment of plant nurseries in the vicinity, timeliness of operations and shared ownership in terms of protection measures. This is an effort of CAZRI in collaboration with local farming communities to revive traditional agro forestry systems in …
While rising temperatures and changes in weather conditions is affecting agriculture and is a matter of serious concern, farmers in Himachal Pradesh have converted it into an opportunity. Apple farmers affected by climate change have shifted to crops like kiwi and pomegranate. Farmers who were earlier not able to grow …
In Nepal, development projects often focus on policy issues such as rights-based approaches, with less emphasis on livelihoods. The impact on the poor of such an approach is often not immediately visible. This article describes how an NGO helps rural households to start home gardening, independent from local landlords or …
The study examined the effects of land acquisition for large scale farming on the performance; productivity and technical efficiency of small-scale farming in Nigeria. The primary data for the study were collected from 200 small-scale farmers selected using the multistage sampling technique, from three local government areas in Ondo State, …
Bangalore, PTI: Free power to irrigation pumpsets up to 10 HP from August 1, loans at three per cent interest to farmers, weavers and fishermen, enhanced retirement for government servants and a substantial allocation for development of infrastructure were the highlights of the revised State budget presented by Chief Minister …
Land acquisition for the Science City project in the mandals of Obulacheruvu and Amadaguru in Anantapur district is snowballing into a major controversy in the wake of the Science City Consortium adopting a divide and rule policy on the issue of paying compensation to the affected farmers. The Science City …
Stepping up its attack against the Congress by holding it responsible for the prevailing agrarian distress in the country, the BJP on Wednesday launched a nationwide
The government had disbursed maximum agricultural loans through primary cooperatives this year compared to years in the past decade, Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan informed the Assembly on Wednesday. Countering charges from AIADMK deputy leader in the House O. Paneerselvam that the government had not given the cooperatives enough money to …
Q. We need to create true fiscal and monetary federalism in this country. Do you have any ideas in this direction? Chidambaram: There are one thousand schemes and programmes which are funded by the Centre. It has come as a big revelation. We are now putting in place a Central …
The Agriculture Ministry plans to cultivate 400,000 hectares in the 2008 Yala season due to favourable weather conditions for paddy cultivation. According to estimates, 1,750,000 bushels of seed paddy are required to cultivate this 400,000 hectares in the next Yala season, a Ministry spokesman told the Daily News yesterday. The …
The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, on Sunday called for restructuring the country's agricultural system in a new format to increase production of food grains and ensure food security. Referring to recent undesirable scenario of the world food production, he said in the changed situation it was clearly understood that the …
