This publication presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping the global food and agricultural landscape and their interplay with broader environmental, social and economic dimensions. In doing so, it strives to serve as a unique reference point on the state of world food and agriculture for policy-makers, donor agencies, researchers and [...]

Farmers’ Suicides State wise, Year wise(1995-2010) The state wise farmers suicide rate per 1000 population Chhattisgarh  5.61 Karnataka     3.57 Maharashtra  3.35 Kerala           3.34 Andhra          2.58 WB              1.17 TN                1.3 If you [...]

Total farmer suicides in the last ten years Female Male Time Period upto 14 years 15-29 years 30-44 years 45-59 years 60 years & above Female Total Male upto 14 years 15-29 years 30-44 years 45-59 years 60 years & above Male Total Total Male Female 2001 12 65 46 45 10 178 16 382 [...]

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Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, once a premium agriculture university in the country is now suffering from paucity of funds.   The university which has over rs. 50 cr budget spends Rs. 45 cr for salaries of the scientists and about Rs. 5 cr. for research.  Even in the research budget much of the budget goes [...]

  Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 % Bt Cotton 0.38 1.2 5.59 11.51 41.42 67.1 80.8 82.43 90.67 cotton, Insecticide 879 839 1052 597 925 1032 649 579 733 791 834 880 Cotton fungicide 11 10 6 3 8 6 8 11 25 31 52 67 Cotton [...]

NCRB all-India figure 1995-2010: 2,56,913 farm suicides; 2010: 15,964 farmers’ suicides First 8 years 1995-2002: 1,21, 157. Second 8 years 2003-10: 1,35,756 Pawar, Agriculture Minister’s home state Maharashtra by far the worst in the country with 50,481 farm suicides between 1995-2010.  That is, 1995-2002: 20,066 and for 2003-10: 30,415   Main points for us to push and use: ·         last 8 years [...]

 (Source: India Water Portal) This presentation by Sultan Ismail, deals with the experiences of Subhash Sharma of Yavatmal, Maharashtra in organic farming. As he watched the decline of his soil and agricultural yields he let nature be his teacher and tried to understand the agro-economics of agriculture. He abandoned insecticides and chemical fertilisers and relied [...]

The spurt in farm credit by commercial banks, including regional rural banks, has interestingly not led to any let-up in distress in the agrarian economy—a mystery that continues to baffle academics, policy planners and, more recently, bankers Capital Calculus | Anil Padmanabhan Last week, a clutch of bankers and policy wonks gathered in Bangalore to [...]

Data for national-level pesticides consumption shows no dramatic decrease in pesticide use after Bt cotton came in unlike the popular claim. http://eands.dacnet.nic.in/At_Glance_2010/15.2.xls 2001-02 (first year of illegal Bt cotton cultivation?): 47.02 thousand tonnes of TG materials; 2002-03: (first year of approved bt cotton cultivation): 48.30 2003-04: 41.00 2004-05: 40.67 2005-06: 39.77 2006-07: 41.51 (mealybug first [...]