How Farmer Producer Companies change lives and livelihood
Structurally a combination of a cooperative society and private limited company, FPCs are striving to bring more social recognition and better reach for farmers and farming.
Structurally a combination of a cooperative society and private limited company, FPCs are striving to bring more social recognition and better reach for farmers and farming.
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) wants the central government to put on hold its MSP announcement until it revises it in consultation with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha.
The ICRIER researchers point out that the potential for increasing farmers' incomes lies primarily in animal husbandry and pisciculture.
In India's rural villages, many women are often overlooked when it comes to securing a plausible income from their family's farmlands.
Historic fall in farm households’ income in 2022-23 points to the agrarian crisis which calls for multipronged policy responses
India believes WTO's farm subsidy rules could limit its ability to purchase food at government-set prices, as part of its public stockholding programmes for food security purposes.
Crop insurance budgeted to increase by 41% from 2023 expenditure; 4 crore farmers benefit
42% of smallholder farmers expect changing weather to reduce their crop yields
Accelerator fund for agri start-ups, digital public infrastructure for the farm sector, higher agri-credit allocation — digitisation is the way to go.
The interest subvention will be applicable for lending short-term agri-loans up to ₹3 lakh to farmers; government has made budgetary provisions of ₹34,856 crore under the scheme.