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  1. Halt Reliance, save farmers

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    / August 13, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By E A S Sarma We have cautioned the Andhra Pradesh government time and again about the impending agricultural crisis arising from `land subsidence’ in the Krishna Godavari Basin due to natural gas development by Reliance company. Enough evidence has already been found in the area on the sinking of...

  2. Farmers on a holiday

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    / August 6, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Narasimha Reddy   Economists would say our GDP will grow with more people holidaying. But farmers taking a crop holiday is a disaster. What started off as a reaction at one of the protest meetings over the tardy, or zero, procurement of grains by the government is snowballing and...

  3. Greed evolution, not green revolution

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    / July 20, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Narasimha Reddy   Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has once again reminded us of his often repeated cliché: There is no alternative. At the recent 83rd Foundation Day meeting of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, he said a second Green Revolution is the answer to agricultural problems and food...

  4. Ifs and buts of predicting the monsoon

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    / July 3, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy   The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has been tracking the progress of the monsoon since it landed on the Kerala coast. Based on this, farmers prepared their lands, purchased seeds and started sowing. A significant majority is dependent on rainfed agriculture. Cotton is now a major crop...

  5. Fire in the belly

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    / June 19, 2011 / 3 Comments
    “Telangana lo vanta, dilli lo manta” or “Cooking in Telangana, Fire in Delhi” was the slogan. But the heat of the June sun, the smoke and heat from the cooking fire around which they stood and the excitement of performing live before television cameras, was confusing the women party workers...

  7. Naidu changes his profile pic

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    / May 30, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S SudhirThe last time I remember seeing Chandrababu Naidu in a white dhoti was soon after he survived the assassination attempt at Tirupati in October 2003. For several days at end, as the country’s VIPs and non-VIPs trooped in to his Jubilee Hills residence in Hyderabad to check...

  8. The seed is a market

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    / May 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Narasimha Reddy   Seed has always been one of the most important inputs for agricultural production. However, seed was not a transactable commodity. It was not at all a product that could be seen in the markets. It was a legacy to be shared, without profit. It was a...

  9. Helping the farmer but is it enough?

    Posted by Navin Chandra Joshi
    / May 19, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Navin Chandra Joshi   The farming community in India consists mainly of small and marginal farmers. The cumulative yield from their tiny land holdings accounts for nearly 55% of the marketable surplus. The over production at the time of harvest and subsequent fall in the price of produce calls...

  10. Son-rise for some, sunset for farmers

    Posted by Dr Ushy Mohan Das
    / May 13, 2011 / 2 Comments
    The biggest threat the country’s farmers face today is the indifferent attitude displayed by the political class to their problems.  Farmer suicides, grabbing of their lands, agitations over inadequate remuneration for produce, rotting foodgrains and hardly any balanced views on the use of pesticides and fertilizers is something so commonly...

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