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.’
In village after village in the Malwa region, Dalit women have won the right to farm common land. They are now protesting and courting arrest to demand a new casteless settlement: Begumpura.
Farmers have complained of low yield & procurement issues with the Punjab Agricultural University-developed variety. Oppn says govt promoted it without proper yield testing.
According to Punjab Pollution Control Board, the number of farm fire incidents between 15 September and 4 November this year stood at 4,145, compared to 14,173 in same period last year.
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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann thanked farmers for accepting the ban and staying away from the water-guzzling paddy variety Pusa-44. But convincing them about the larger public good is a work-in-progress.
Around the world, farmer protests are being dismissed as a new form of ‘culture war by far-right political groups.’ Modi govt should avoid the buildup of such narratives in India.
Haryana police, however, says it has no such information yet about death of a farmer during the confrontation earlier Wednesday at Khanauri between cops and agitating farmers.
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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.