Malawi'’s agricultural sector is critical to its economy, employing around 77% of the population and accounting for 23% of gross domestic product (GDP). The majority of workers in agriculture are smallholder farmers, many of whom cultivate less than one hectare of land. Despite its importance, the sector faces significant challenges, …
This new report on the state of food insecurity in urban India by MSSRF shows that the period of economic reforms and high GDP growth has not seen an unambiguous improvement in urban food security across all States. In recent years, the pace of urbanisation has been increasing. In deliberations …
Trinamul Congress and Congress MLAs today staged a walk out in the Assembly demanding withdrawal of two Bills ~ The West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2010 and The West Bengal Acquisition of Homestead Land for Agricultural Labourers, Artisans and Fishermen (Amendment) Bill, 2010. The leaders of the Trinamul Congress …
Punjab farmers have been struck a double blow on the eve of the paddy transplantation season, which starts tomorrow. Reliant on migrant labour to transplant paddy on 26 lakh hectares, they are witnessing a few arrivals on trains coming in from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Farmers also do not have …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has adversely affected harvesting of Rabi crop in the Gangetic belt as labourers are busy digging ponds, leaving farmers high and dry. In some places the labourers have even jacked up their rates, saying they will work in fields only if they …
This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of nonland agricultural inputs in developing countries. This review focuses on four key areas: technological resources, natural resources, human resources, and social and political capital. In general, there has been more empirical research on inorganic …
Patiala: Farmers are in a fix over the massive labour shortage ahead of the paddy sowing and transplantation season. They are finding it difficult to find labourers not only to work in their fields, but also as domestic help. But this has proved to be a boon for migrant labourers, …
Shortage of migrant labourers, especially skilled, has hit the harvesting season across the state while sounding alarm bells for local farmers ahead of the tough paddy season due in a month
March 21: After facing several problems due to shortage of water for raising paddy during rabi season in East Godavari, farmers are now worried over the chances of labour shortage for harvesting due to the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). While the agriculture officials agreed with the …
All is not well with the process of industrialisation in India. Industrialisation is reducing the village people of the country, who used to be highly skilled farmers, into vulnerable cheap labourers.
Amritsar: Amid drizzle, farmers of the region, under the tutelage of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee (KSC), held a protest in front of the Canal Office here today. They were protesting against the government for imposing irrigation fee and its inability in providing irrigation water from canals to their cultivable land …
While women are the mainstay of Indian farm and allied sectors, they are far from being the decision makers Surinder Sud / New Delhi January 12, 2010, 0:14 IST It may sound surprising, but the fact is that women, and not men, are the mainstay of Indian agriculture. Their contribution …
Karthik Madhavan Hard-hit: With the Government hiking NREGS wages from Rs. 80 to Rs. 100 a day, farmers are concerned about labour shortage, as the harvest season is just a fortnight away ERODE: Hike in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) wage has got Erode farmers worried about labour shortage. …
This report details the results of a community monitoring study aimed at investigating the use and impacts of pesticides in affected communities in Asia, and observance of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (the Code of Conduct). The monitoring took place in the context …
Sarabjit Pandher CHANDIGARH: The debt burden on Punjab farmers has shot up by a staggering 500 per cent over the past ten years, pushing more marginal farmers out of agriculture. According to a new study by the Institute for Development and Communication (IDC), farm debt in the State rose to …
The Food Security Atlas of Rural Bihar is one of a series of eight Atlases produced by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The other states covered in this series are: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The Atlases …
