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Amid coronavirus chaos and protests, Indias farmers eye record wheat crop SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 29, 2021, 11:27 AM IST Share Synopsis Indias farmers are on track to gather a record 109 million tonnes this year, posing more headaches for a government that some experts say underestimated the strength of rural anger. While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest agai...

546 SHIFT IN FOCUS: A change in food habits — from staples to nutritious items — has prompted China to scout for food all over the world. Reuters Devinder Sharma Food & Agriculture specialist Speaking at an international conference in 1998 at the University College Cork, in Ireland, to commemorate 150 years of the Great Irish Famine that killed nearly one million people, I was asked a question: who will feed India? This question cropped up at a time when the world was already deliber...

6962 4 ‘Save your farmer, think of your children’: Despite high crop productivity and expected market-oriented returns, French farmers continue to suffer. Reuters Devinder Sharma Food & Agriculture Specialist A few weeks ago, French farmers hung suicide dolls on trees outside parliament to draw attention to the devastation brought about by continuously sliding market prices. In a country which follows modern agricultural practices, it is disturbing to know that while three farmers on an av...

Harvesting of Seedless Cucumber, Tomato begins at Krishi Bhawan Jammu Harvesting of Seedless Cucumber, Tomato begins at Krishi Bhawan Jammu JAMMU: Director Agriculture Production & Farmer Welfare Jammu, K. K. Sharma today inspected the first picking of Seedless Cucumber (Jointer) and Tomato (NS 4266) being grown under protected cultivation at Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo Jammu. These crops are raised here under Naturally Ventilated Polygreen House (NVPGH) structure using advanced vegetable cultiv...

Chandigarh, March 31 To amplify the voice of farmers against the three agro-market laws, a group of former bureaucrats, including two Padam Shri awardees, and former Army persons, have come together to form Kirti Kisan Forum in the city. So far, the group has written a letter in connection with farmers protest to the President of India and organised a seminar on the three farm laws at Punjab Kala Bhawan auditorium this month in the city, apart from donating beds and books at the Sighu border in...

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Farm Laws: Fate of Farmers in Bihar Points To What Those Across India Might Soon Face High volatility in crop prices, coupled with the absence of APMCs, means that farmers usually have to sell their produce well below the MSP. Rajiv Kumar Ojha. Photo: Parth M.N./Peoples Archive of Rural India Rights26/Feb/2021 Muzaffarpur: Rajiv Kumar Ojha does not know which is more stressful: harvesting a decent crop or trying to sell it. “You might find it funny, but my troubles begin after I get a good...

Brahman Sabha urges LG to order for Hindi as J&K’s official language Brahman Sabha urges LG to order for Hindi as J&K’s official language Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: Dogra Brahman Pratinidhi Sabha Parade today appealed to the Lt Governor J&K to come out with executive order for performing all official and administrative work in Hindi and other languages, which have already been declared official languages of J&K UT. “Since erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir has now become Unio...

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait GHAZIABAD: Alleging that the central government was trying to drive a wedge between farmers, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said their unions would remain united and also warned of a ‘hal kranti’, or ‘plough revolution’, in Delhi if the deadlock on the new agriculture laws drags on. Addressing mahapanchayats at Kharak Punia and Balsamand villages in Haryana’s Hisar district, Tikait said, “No one should live under the impression that the farmers will r...

Devinder Sharma Named Partner Director for Twitter by Httpool Indonesia Sharma comes on board with more than 18 years of experience across digital sales and business development in India and Indonesia. Httpool, today announced the appointment of Devinder Sharma as Indonesia Partner Director for Twitter. He will report to Siddharth Correya, Managing Director, Httpool Indonesia. Httpool is Twitter’s Authorised Sales Partner in Indonesia, where it also a reseller partner for Dailymotion, Accuwea...