April 18, 2012 To, The Editor, Indian Agrarian Crisis Secunderabad. This is with reference to your story titled ‘A decade of Bt hype’ that published in your site http://agrariancrisis.in  on April 17, 2012. We would like to bring to your notice that the first paragraph of your story mentions that Mahyco is an Indian subsidiary of Monsanto which [...]

Jharkhand state water policy, 2011 This policy will broadly have a five-pronged strategy : First, the State will adopt a new State Water Policy framework to create the enabling environment for better and more equitable and productive water resources management in an environmentally sustainable manner for promoting growth reduction in poverty and minimizing regional imbalance. [...]

ਘਰੇਲੂ ਬਗੀਚੀ ਕੀ ਹੈ? ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਂ ਘਰ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਦੀ ਉਹ ਜਗਾ  ਜਿੱਥੇ ਸਬਜ਼ੀਆਂ, ਜੜ੍ਹੀ -ਬੂਟੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਕਈ ਵਾਰ ਕੁੱਝ ਫਲ ਉਗਾਏ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।   ਘਰੇਲੂ ਬਗੀਚੀ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਕਿਉਂ ਹੈ? ਇਹ ਸੁਵਿਧਾਪੂਰਨ ਜਗਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੀ ਪਸੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਲੋੜ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸਬਜ਼ੀਆਂ, ਫਲ ਅਤੇ ਕੁੱਝ ਜੜ੍ਹੀ -ਬੂਟੀਆਂ ਉਗਾ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ ਅਤੇ ਜਦ ਲੋੜ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਹਨਾਂ [...]

If the word crisis is vastly overused, to speak of a global food crisis is, if anything, an understatement. The first signs of trouble appeared in 2000, when global grain stocks declined for the first time in several decades, but it was not until the spring of 2007 that the full gravity of what was [...]

A Wonderful article by Dr. Anupam Paul on the colossal loss of folk rice diversity due to green revolution 111121 Anupam Pal Crisis rice

The Hans India,  http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=3&ContentId=15736   Bhimavaram: The much discussed ‘crop holiday,’ declared by the farmers in East and West Godavari districts has drawn the attention of IIM Ahmadabad agri-business management students. As part of their rural immersion programme, the IIM has decided to depute two teams of students to study the issue in its totality. [...]

Summary of round table discussion at G.Narendranath fellowship award meeting, held on Sep. 2 2011 at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, Hyderabad. The meeting started with Samyuktha welcoming the guests and giving details regarding the fellowship: the purpose of the fellowship is to give a small monetary support (of Rs. One lakh) every year to grass root [...]

The development of Bt Brinjal was a case of biopiracy, according to the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA). According to sources, the NBA has finally concluded its year-long investigation and recommended action against the U.S. agribusiness giant, Monsanto, and its Indian collaborators, who developed and promoted the controversial, genetically modified vegetable. A decision to “take the [...]

Constructing Agrarian Altenratives_Quartz download Many of India’s small and marginal farmers are under distress and have to deal with scarcity of various kinds – they are in a highly vulnerable condition. This dissertation studies the historical development of a project geared towards improving the vulnerable conditions of marignal farming communities in Andhra Pradesh (India). After [...]

Dear Colleagues, This is in response to the attached 6-page report of a one-day (on 19 May 2011) meeting titled “Stakeholders’ Interface on GM Food Crops” at IARI, New Delhi. The meeting was organized by Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology (APCoAB) and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS). APCoAB is a program of the [...]