Topic
contract farming
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanRajasthan government in line: passes 3 bills to protest against the Centre’s farm lawsRajasthan has brought in its own amendment bills against the Centre's farm laws, making farming agreements invalid unless the price paid is at least the minimum support price.
- Policy & trade, KeralaAn alternative legislation in Kerala for farmersKerala's Economic Review 2020 warns that the Centre's three farm acts could weaken APMC mandis and MSP, and puts Covid-19 losses in crop husbandry at Rs 1,731.78 crore.
- Policy & trade, IndiaReliance Industries denies any immediate plan of contract farmingReliance Industries says it has no plans to enter contract farming or buy farmland, and has asked the courts in Punjab and Haryana to protect its staff and property from vandalism.
- Policy & trade, IndiaAn impending call of doom for a nation of farmers?The President's assent to three farm bills was followed by protests, a Bharat Bandh and rail blockades, as farmers voiced fears over MSP, APMCs and contract farming.