The founder of Deccan Development Society not only popularised millets but also worked for agro-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women’s empowerment, Dalit rights, social justice and local knowledge systems. 

The Union government, cut off from the realities of the vast diversity of health and poverty conditions of the country, appears to have bitten the bait of corporate lobbies.

India's agricultural sector needs reforms specific to the country's particular context and development trajectory which should take a bottom-up, 'sustainable livelihoods' approach.

The citizens' jury of migrant workers is hearing government officials, business heads, and others in an exercise of deliberative democracy.

Sarangi's Living Farms gave countless people a glimpse of a new worldview – that of the Kondh communities of Odisha – as well as inspiration to protect it.

While only two minor demands have been agreed to by the Central government so far, it would not be fair to assess the movement only on the basis of the demands put forward.

The government has to now step forward with basic changes in its proposals.

In the new set-up, it will not only be fragmented markets with different sets of rules but also fragmented regulatory structures that will create a more uneven playing field for farmers.

Brazil has complained to the WTO about the domestic support measures as well as export subsidies being provided by India for sugarcane and sugar. Unfair global trade rules makes this dangerous for India's farmers.

The technology's 'success story' in the country ignores evidence of abandonment and farmers reporting losses.

It is unclear why the Government of India is choosing to put aside “biosafety” as the primary reason for new regulations and instead giving in to objectives suiting the pesticides industry.

The proposed Market Assurance Scheme should not leave states to fend for themselves when it comes to price support for farmers, especially as the agrarian crisis is one that is caused mainly by central policies.

Institutional loan waivers and debt swapping can be effective only if they are supported by other measures that prevent farmers from falling back into debt.

The insurance coverage in 2015 was 22.3%, with a government expenditure of Rs 2,955 crore. But by spending 4.5x since, how does the government admit to a coverage of only 23%?