Starting January 14 in Imphal, the 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' will culminate on March 20, probably just as the drumroll for the battle of 2024 is being sounded
In Sikandrabad, a Farmer Tries to Forge a New Trust-Based Contract Model for Agriculture
An army veteran-turned farmer believes that traditional models have been proven unsustainable and offers his own experience as an experimental model for Indiaâs agriculture.
Colonel Subhas Deswal inspects the produce at a farmhouse. Photo: Nalin Verma
Agriculture06/Mar/2021
Sikandrabad, UP: The farmers’ agitation against the three controversial laws entered its hundredth day this week. While farmersâ unions have stuck to their demand for a complete repeal of the laws, the Centre, too, hasnât budged, despite agreeing to make substantial amendments to the laws.
A few experimental, but progressive farmers, who feel that the agricultural trade may take a beating amidst the stalemate, believe that the farmersâ unions could come up with alternative models for agricultural reforms and the government could to consider it with the aid of agriculture scientists, policy experts a