Topic
small farmers
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaCorporate farming: misleading picture painted by the Indian governmentArgues that experience in the US, France and elsewhere shows corporate farming harms small farmers, and that India's new farm laws ignore those lessons.
- Policy & trade, IndiaPMKMY pension scheme for farmers sees low subscriptionA parliamentary panel is unhappy with low enrolment in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana, whose target of 5 crore beneficiaries by 2021-22 has been cut to 3 crore.
- Soil, water & climate, MaharashtraFarmers in Maharashtra prefer cheap, low-quality drip irrigation sets to subsidised high-quality onesA Pennsylvania State University study in Ahmednagar district found farmers choose cheaper, unsubsidised drip irrigation sets because subsidies for high-quality systems need full upfront payment and arrive late.