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The issue of allowing genetically modified US crops into India's agricultural market has been a sticking point in ongoing ...
The area allocated to monsoon-sown rice crops has surged 47% from a year earlier to 3.5 million hectares (8.7 million acres) ...
India is repealing controversial farm laws that sparked a year of protest from farmers. Analysts say it's both a victory for nonviolent resistance, and a shrewd political move.
The US wants greater access for its GM crops, something which India is unlikely to yield as trade negotiations for a ...
Farmers in India led a nationwide general strike on Tuesday, capping off weeks of protests against controversial government reforms. Hundreds of thousands of farmers have been protesting on the ...
Santosh Singh’s earliest memory is of tilling soil on his family’s farm. Now, the 70-year-old farmer’s eyes gleam with pride as he recalls watching his grandson do the same.
The average Indian farm size is about 1.08 hectares, or 2.6 acres – about twice the size of a football field. These are not big commercial farms like in the American Midwest.
Tens of thousands of farmers have marched to the Indian capital of New Delhi from neighboring states to protest new legislation that hurts small farmers and benefits large corporations.
The average Indian farm size is about 1.08 hectares, or 2.6 acres – about twice the size of a football field. These are not big commercial farms like in the American Midwest.
Eminent Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain's latest effort is an account of the epic, year-long farmers' protest that took place in India in 2020-21.
Farmers congregate during day five of the protest against the new farm reform laws at Singhu border on November 30, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Biplov Bhuyan/Hindustan Times/Shutterstock ...
Eminent Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain’s latest effort is an account of the epic, year-long farmers’ protest that took place in India in 2020-21. “Farming the Revolution,” which world ...