The 2020 farm laws have been opposed by several farmers due to their possible use for corporate takeover of agriculture, removal of APMC mandis, and dilution of minimum support price and public procurement.

Von Tiefstständen zu Beginn der Covid-19-Pandemie sind die Preise vieler Agrarrohstoffe auf neue Höchststände gestiegen, wie zuletzt vor mehr als fünf Jahren. Der Anstieg wird voraussichtlich nur von kurzer Dauer sein.

The novel coronavirus pneumonia (Covid-19) outbreak that began in Wuhan, in Hubei province, China has quickly spread to at least 75 other countries, causing more than 3,000 deaths.

Agriculture in India needs to get the markets right, in the first place. Only then can the raising of farmers’ incomes to a reasonable level become a reality. Across space or over time, farmers should be able to trade freely with certainty.

There are several lessons to learn from the experiments in the past, like the repeal of APMC in Bihar and the institution of e-NAM, which have elements of the current farm acts.

The MSP system, in place since the mid-1960s, was part of the country’s drive to reduce dependence on food imports.

Globally, COVID-19 is a public health emergency with grave impact on the population of the world, especially the poor and marginalized.

Messages around healthy eating are nothing new – but nowadays we are increasingly told to eat well not just for our own health but also for the planet.

On June 27, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC).

U.S. agricultural producers have been hard hit by China, Mexico, Canada and other countries who have imposed tariffs against U.S.