Govt makes U-turn on fertiliser price

The government has increased fertiliser prices by Tk 5 per kg just a week after the National Coordination and Advisory Committee on Fertiliser announced it has no plan to hike the prices for the sake of agriculture production. Expressing concerns, farmers said the vegetable cultivation expenditure will shoot up and so will the risk of […]

Sugar beet farmers cry foul after French U-turn on bee-killing pesticide

Issued on: 25/01/2023 – 08:25Modified: 25/01/2023 – 08:33 Sugar beet growers in France say a surprise decision to conclusively ban the use of neonicotinoids – insecticides that are harmful to pollinators and to overall biodiversity – amounts to a breach of trust by the government that will completely derail one of the country’s biggest industries. Farmers […]

Why KCR has taken a U-turn on farm laws – The Sunday Guardian Live

BJP welcomed the policy shift, claiming that at least now, KCR has realised his mistake of opposing the farm laws.   Telangana Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) who actively participated in the Bharat Bandh called by the farmers’ unions protesting the three agricultural laws, has suddenly changed his stance and taken […]