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Apple growers in Kashmir Valley are on the roads to express their simmering anger due to price crashes and infrastructural bottlenecks. Out of 2.1- 2.9 million tons of apples grown in India annually, around 75 percent comes from the Kashmir valley. In order to enhance the income of apple growers, there is a need to address the infrastructural bottlenecks, technical upgradation of capabilities of horticultural staff, improvement in market intelligence system, branding and government need to regulate the pesticides. Further, there is also a need for reducing the layers in the supply chain by necessary ICT intervention. The government needs to explore Cooperative farming, strengthen farmer-produce organizations and incentivize the establishment of fruit processing units.

Agriculture

20 November 2021 B. S. Ashish

Legalising Minimum Support Price in India: An Apolitical Approach

Legalising MSP in India is biggest challenge faced by farmers. Promulgating Farm Bills and then withdrawing them is raising questions.

Agriculture Editor's Pick Environment India

29 September 2021 Vaithianathan Kannan

Fishing in Troubled Waters: Lake Kolleru

“To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent thinking”, said Aldo Leopold. Lake Kolleru is showing signs of poor water quality and habitat deterioration. There is an urgent need to ascertain the levels of habitat destruction, over-exploitation, and encroachments in the once peerless fishermen’s paradise and birds’ heaven.

Agriculture India Politics

16 June 2021 Deepak Maun

Can NEP-2020 show the way to Modi Government on Farm Laws Issue?

Modi government has made repeal of three farm laws a prestige issue. There are lessons in how NEP-2020 received wide support from all stakeholders after the 2016 policy draft was widely criticized and the government went back to the drafting table. Modi-II regime can learn from Modi-I regime’s experiences on engaging meaningfully with stakeholders when working on crucial policy reforms.

Agriculture Editor's Pick India Politics

10 February 2021 TheRise.co.in

Where are Topsy Turvy Farmer Protests Heading?

Topsy turvy farmer protests need to be handled intelligently, else other farmer miseries could catalyze the movement.

Implications of migration from rural areas

Agriculture Economy

2 November 2020 Abhishek , TheRise.co.in

Implications of Migration from Rural Areas

With the improving education qualifications in the young population, they tend to move towards urban centres for more valuable occupations. This leaves behind unskilled labour in rural areas having limited knowledge of new technologies. With increasing amenities in urban areas escalating the industrial sector, the pressure is building upon rural areas. Migrants are enticed to leave the villages to fulfil the needs of urban people and industries.

Perception reality and optimality of MSP

Agriculture Editor's Pick India Politics

12 October 2020 Mamata Pradhan, Devesh Roy , Sunil Saroj

Perception, Reality, and Optimality: The MSP Composite in relation to the Farm Acts

Across space or over time, farmers should be able to trade freely with certainty. If MSP were a panacea, we would not be having any conversation, in the first place, about doubling farmers’ income more than five decades on!

Agriculture India Politics

10 October 2020 Devesh Roy, Mamata Pradhan , Ruchira Boss

Farm Laws Debate: A Bit of Analytical Rigour and Global Best Practices

Farm laws in India should be seen in perspective of global best practices as the farmers need enabling to trade for getting the best returns.

Agriculture India Politics

9 October 2020 Vatsalya Srivastava

Farm Acts 2020: Farmer Unions and the Logic of Survival

The commentary around any policy change in our country, unfortunately, seems to boil down to who understands India better. The resulting discussion often devolves into adversarial claims about the ‘real vs. imagined’, with all sides, of course, claiming the real for themselves. Hence, this article intends to focus more on the drivers of the protests rather than forecasting the possible outcomes of the policy change.

Agriculture India Politics

1 October 2020 Vatsalya Srivastava

Farm Act 2020 and Smart, Strategic Farmers

There are over 100 million farmers in India, and no policy is likely to make all of them happy or upset. The protests, therefore, should only be surprising to people who believe that there exist win-win outcomes in which every stakeholder is better off.

Agriculture India Politics

21 September 2020 Suraj Sharma

Indian Farmers and Agri Sector Bills: Let us Tour the Issue

Agri sector bills aim to increase competitiveness in agri supply chain and freedom of choice to sell their produce to Indian farmers. But, will there be a level playing field for farmers?

Agriculture Editor's Pick India Politics

20 September 2020 Prateek Yadav

Agri Bills: Why are Farmers Protesting even after PM’s Assurance?

The government needs to view the issue through the perspective of a farmer. The small farmers of today need safeguard from exploitation along with greater choices. Although the bill promises them more choices, it doesn’t attempt to strengthen the safeguards. This is what the farmers of today are protesting against!