Tag: agriculture
“It is the farmers who need to be brought to the table before making any policy for them”: Ajay Vir Jakhar
The concluding session of the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NEDAC Awards...
We need to make the youth “technology agents”: RS Paroda
The second session of the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NEDAC Awards 2021...
Yellow Revolution: UP mustard area nearing a million hectares
The UP mustard area has grown by 35 percent to 946,000 hectares this year compared...
Reforms mean controlling input costs; food subsidy goes to run ration shops, not pocketed by farmers
There is a strong disappointment amongst those who feel that the repeal of the three...
WTO MC12: India faces tough challenges in moving from "peace clause" to "permanent solution"
Before suggesting the way forward, Ambassador Peralta should have looked at two...
Relevance of Dr Ambedkar’s ideas of “Educate, Agitate and Organize” today
The solution to the present crisis of social divide, religious divide, poverty,...
Advancement in agriculture through AI
Worldwide, agriculture is a $5-trillion industry, and now the industry is turning...
Making technology relevant: Interventions for transforming Indian agriculture sector
Today, the adoption and use of technology throughout the agriculture supply chain...
Kuber from Kalgudi to help farmers, stakeholders
Hyderabad-based Kalgudi has developed ‘Kuber’, a social commerce platform for the...
Power imbalances in food systems
Unfortunately, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a greater...
A strategy focused on ‘Farmer First’ required; major policy changes needed in agriculture, including MSP policy: Dr RS Paroda, Chairman TAAS and former DG of ICAR, in an exclusive interview
RuralVoice has completed six months of its journey today. The journey that lies...
Govt should set up “National Rural Prosperity Fund” for improving private capital formation and asset creation in rural areas
The government has to put back agricultural growth on top of the development agenda....
IFFCO launches world’s first Nano Urea Liquid
IFFCO has introduced the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world....
“We tried to bring in a system where seed quality percentage can be easily assessed.” — Nikhil Das, Agdhi
Nikhil Das is the brain behind Agdhi, an agritech startup based in Bengaluru which...
To be or not to be, that is the question: The millennial farmers in India
We need better regulations and support in the agriculture sector so that the younger...
Hand over agriculture marketing to farm cooperatives and collectives
The government- or corporate-sector-driven institutional arrangements may not be...
