Song of the farmers as boro begins
01 February, 2023, 11:00 pm Last modified: 02 February, 2023, 01:40 pm As alarm bells began to go off around the world about a looming food crisis, the news soon reached farmer Tarek bin Mahtab of Golai village in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi. He had planted boro paddy on 7 bighas of land last year. […]
In Bangladesh, tubewell owners are extorting desperate drought-stricken farmers
In late August, Fulu Mia was confronted with a stark choice: whether to spend the little money he had on treating his wife’s medical condition, or to buy water for his paddy fields, which were drying up even though it was the middle of the rainy season. His wife, initially diagnosed with pneumonia, now suffers […]
Farmers Collaborating with Environmentalists – AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
Farmers Collaborating with Environmentalists Tim Hammerich News Reporter This is Tim Hammerich of the Ag Information Network with your Farm of the Future Report. Despite tensions in the past, it is possible for farmers and environmentalists to work together collaboratively. Farmer Trey Hill says he’s been surprised at what can be accomplished when the two […]
Young and entry level farmers would benefit from less farm retirement auctions
John J. Schwarz II and Natalie Boocher | Farmers Advance I have read farm magazines for the vast majority of my life and still do. Although I do most reading via the internet, there’s something about reading a printed farm magazine that I just can’t get out of my system. Prior to the last five […]
Project taken to support small-scale farmers, entrepreneurs with jackfruit export
A new project, to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, will support small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs to benefit from the country’s national fruit jackfruit. An inception workshop was held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) in Dhaka on Tuesday, according to a press release. The project is […]
Former IAS, Defence and other officers launch website for farmers and farm sector
CHANDIGARH: Kirti Kisan Forum inaugurated its website named as kirtikisanforum.com today at Shaheed Udham Singh Bhavan, Chandigarh in the presence of its members. With the help of experts related to IT, the members of the forum will be putting content on the website for the solution of the farm sector and other issues required to be […]
Coloured cauliflowers bring joy to Tanagil farmers
For the first time, the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Tangail has succeeded in growing coloured cauliflower on an experimental basis. After seeing the success of the new variety in Bhuapur Upazila, local buyers are showing a keen interest in the crop. Many people have cultivated the variety of cauliflower in their yards and […]
‘Water lords’ extort drought-stricken farmers in Bangladesh
Abid Hasnain*, a Muslim resident of same village as Paal, said he had the same experience. “They will force you to buy water for low-lying land if you ask for water for a high-land paddy field,” the 55 year-old told The Third Pole. “If one motorwala enhances the rate, others will immediately set the same rate,” said […]
Farmers won’t protest at Amit Shah’s Haryana rally: BKU’s Gurnam Singh Chaduni
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), led by Gurnam Singh Chaduni, has decided not to protest during Home Minister Amit Shah’s Sunday rally at Gohana in Haryana, three days after calling on farmers to raise slogans against the BJP governments in the state and at the Centre for a higher sugarcane price. After a meeting in […]
These Chicago Urban Farmers Are Growing Local Food in the Wake of Steel Industry Pollution
The steel mills on the Southeast side of Chicago were once an economic engine that allowed workers to put food on the table for their families. But that financial security came at a cost. In its wake, the industry has left asthmatic children, brownfields, and slag-filled marshes. In the face of those environmental injustices, Chicago’s […]