The Nayab Singh Saini government’s announcement that 24 crops in the state would be procured on Minimum Support (MSP), coming months ahead of the state Assembly polls, has not cut much ice with farmer organisations. Out of the 24, around 10 are crops which are not extensively grown in the state, the farmer leaders and the Congress have pointed out. Farmer anger over the unmet demand for legal guarantee of MSP was seen as a major contributor to the BJP’s poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls. While Leader…
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Scourge of the pink bollworm, and why cotton farmers struggle to deal with it | Explained News
For nearly four years now, the deadly pink bollworm has ravaged cotton crops in the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. Cotton cultivation in these states has fallen from around 16 lakh hectares last year to only 10 lakh hectares this year, as of the first week of July. The pink bollworm (PBW), known among farmers as gulabi sundhi, damages the cotton crop by burrowing its larvae into the cotton bolls. This results in the lint being cut and stained, making it unfit for use. While there exist effective…
Shambhu: A Punjab village synonymous with farmers’ protests | Chandigarh News
Shambhu village bordering the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana is now synonymous with the farmers’ protests. The village near National Highway 44 first hit the headlines in 2020 during the farmers’ protest against three central farm laws when farmers from Punjab broke the barricades at the Shambhu border as they made their way to Delhi. The village is back in the limelight now with the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directing Haryana to remove the barricades placed to prevent protesting farmers from marching to Delhi. In Punjab and…