US URGES INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO RESUME TALKS WITH FARMERS OVER NEW FARM LAWS

Highlights

• The US embassy located in New Delhi on Thursday called on the Indian government to resume dialogue with the enraged farmers

• The protest that started peacefully took an ugly turn on January 26 after some protestors entered the Red Fort in the national c...

ILL EFFECTS OF LOCKDOWN: FRUIT FARMERS WILL SUFFER LOSSES WORTH RS 7,000 CRORE

Nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic has caused freight and logistic industry to stand still, as result of this fruits cultivating farmers in India may suffer losses worth $1 billion or Rs 7,000 crore. 
The current season is extremely important for fruit growing farmers in ...

200+ conventional variations of rice retained by Bengal Farmers

Das is a member of the Amarkanan Rural Socio-Environmental Welfare Society, a 50-member strong farmer-run company. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers ' Welfare, acknowledged their efforts. He gave them the Indian Plant Genome Saviour Community Awards of the Council of A...

Agriculture and insurances

The Insurance sector of India has been changing, but what has been changing in the agricultural insurance sector of the nation is what is intriguing to us the most. The insurance of agricultural lands and farms is a prime source of income for the insurance sector but is also the very unprofitable...

Landmark case against the government in Germany

Organic farmers in the country have lodged a landmark case against the German government for the climate policies approached by them; this is also the first of its kind in the country.

The farmers have petitioned the government in court sighting the adverse effects of climate change hav...