Debt-burdened farmers cling to paddy even as it drains soil, water, and future prospects. ‘Crop diversification is a nice buzz word but nothing’s done at the policy level.’
Perhaps the present crisis and trauma can force our country into something resembling that special moment we found in the sixties. Perhaps we can radically alter our business environment.
At the launch of the book Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India, Shashi Tharoor, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, and Navtej Sarna, among others, reflected on MS Swaminathan’s many roles.
One recurring theme of the day—Swaminathan’s role as all-rounder—was emphasised greatly by his daughters. Both of them spoke about their father beyond his agricultural contributions.
Realising that the economic, social and environmental situation in Punjab is a matter of national concern is the first step in working towards a new arrangement.
MP has transformed into an agricultural powerhouse in the last 2 decades, but there are economic and ecological warning bells. This election season, farmers have a number of grievances.
MS Swaminathan, the 'Father of the Green Revolution', passed away Thursday. In this 2004 interview, he talked about his vision for India's agriculture & the need to look at it as India's pride.
Archives at National Centre for Biological Sciences provide insight into mind of Father of India’s Green Revolution, include diary entries, Guru Nanak quotes, records of crop experiments.
MS Swaminathan, the father of the Green Revolution and globally renowned agricultural scientist, passed away in Chennai Thursday morning. He was 98 years old.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
A good article by the Print. The Central Government must take concrete steps to help guide farming in Punjab towards less ecologically harmful practices. Correct application of financial incentives, such as the ones highlighted in this article, can play a role in this. Any money spent supporting these hardworking families will pay back many fold in terms of a better and more diversified food supply for the country.
I don’t think we can blame central government for farmers’ low income at this time because farmers reforms in bring were vehemently opposed by the farmer unions. Given the widening gap between price consumers pay and price farmers get for crops, marketing reforms are need of hour that was pushed back
The solution to Punjab (and Other States) is to “embrace” AgriVoltaics (AV) that enables one to Graze and Grow food below as one generates Pollution Free Solar Electricity above.
Using 5% of India’s 2.2 Million km2 of Farmland, AV can provide ALL the Energy Needed for a ZERO POLLUTION BHARAT… Bharat 2050 …. with a 15TW, 18,000TWh/yr AV System.
This System, financed by State/Central Govt’s Implementing the 1992 UN Rio Agreement, PRINCIPLE #16 (already accepted by the GOI), can provide USD2+Trillion/yr, PAID BY THE POLLUTERS IN INDIA ONLY. It can FINANCE the above, as it Transitions the Dirty-n-Polluted India today, to a ZERO POLLUTION BHARAT by 2050… or earlier. This also halts the 2.5 Million Premature Deaths annually and 35Million DALY of Suffering caused by Pollution in India… TODAY…
The above PV-AV System, sharing the Farmers Farmland, can generate, from the 18 Trillion KWh/yr of Electricity generated, a Net Income of INR 72 Trillion/yr (INR 72 Lakh Crores/yr), for the Farmers (INR4 / KWhe) in India.
The Punjab farmers will get their own share…. and break-out of this “Chakravuu of Agricultural Debt” ….. forever. ???
NOW….. DO IT…. IMPLEMENT PRINCIPLE #16 & SECURE THE FUTURE OF A ZERO POLLUTION BHARAT & ZERO DEBT FOR THE FARMERS TOO…!!!
Central govt needs to be firm now. MSP of rice must be reduced to discourage rice and promote pulses. Rice procurement from Punjab must be reduced. And procurement from Bihar and Bengal must be increased instead. Give the good quality rice seeds to water-abundant Bihar and Bengal.
A good article by the Print. The Central Government must take concrete steps to help guide farming in Punjab towards less ecologically harmful practices. Correct application of financial incentives, such as the ones highlighted in this article, can play a role in this. Any money spent supporting these hardworking families will pay back many fold in terms of a better and more diversified food supply for the country.
I don’t think we can blame central government for farmers’ low income at this time because farmers reforms in bring were vehemently opposed by the farmer unions. Given the widening gap between price consumers pay and price farmers get for crops, marketing reforms are need of hour that was pushed back
The solution to Punjab (and Other States) is to “embrace” AgriVoltaics (AV) that enables one to Graze and Grow food below as one generates Pollution Free Solar Electricity above.
Using 5% of India’s 2.2 Million km2 of Farmland, AV can provide ALL the Energy Needed for a ZERO POLLUTION BHARAT… Bharat 2050 …. with a 15TW, 18,000TWh/yr AV System.
This System, financed by State/Central Govt’s Implementing the 1992 UN Rio Agreement, PRINCIPLE #16 (already accepted by the GOI), can provide USD2+Trillion/yr, PAID BY THE POLLUTERS IN INDIA ONLY. It can FINANCE the above, as it Transitions the Dirty-n-Polluted India today, to a ZERO POLLUTION BHARAT by 2050… or earlier. This also halts the 2.5 Million Premature Deaths annually and 35Million DALY of Suffering caused by Pollution in India… TODAY…
The above PV-AV System, sharing the Farmers Farmland, can generate, from the 18 Trillion KWh/yr of Electricity generated, a Net Income of INR 72 Trillion/yr (INR 72 Lakh Crores/yr), for the Farmers (INR4 / KWhe) in India.
The Punjab farmers will get their own share…. and break-out of this “Chakravuu of Agricultural Debt” ….. forever. ???
NOW….. DO IT…. IMPLEMENT PRINCIPLE #16 & SECURE THE FUTURE OF A ZERO POLLUTION BHARAT & ZERO DEBT FOR THE FARMERS TOO…!!!
Central govt needs to be firm now. MSP of rice must be reduced to discourage rice and promote pulses. Rice procurement from Punjab must be reduced. And procurement from Bihar and Bengal must be increased instead. Give the good quality rice seeds to water-abundant Bihar and Bengal.