How Tata Trusts, through its implementation organisation Himmotthan, supports Uttarkhand farmers in establishing better market linkages
‘This year’s August sales is not strictly comparable with last year corresponding due to the pent-up demand then, following nationwide lockdowns’
During the pandemic, ACF mobilised farmers into sharing messages on WhatsApp groups while field facilitators connected directly with farmers who did not own smartphones.
In further relief to the stressed corporate sector, the RBI deferred the target date by six months to October 1, 2022.
Monsoon has caught up to normal, sowing has picked up, lockdown lifted; these should augur well for the remaining months this year, say observers
Figures compiled by Tractor Junction show 55,599 units sold in May 2021 against 60,441 in May 2020, registering a drop in tractor sales by 8%
Available figures indicate that in April 2021 tractor sales have registered a growth of 436 percent over last year corresponding
Attempts to shore up the image of a business by going to town about good deeds done are not in keeping with the principles of stakeholder capitalism.
Introduction of new methods, like ridge planting, use of vertical net trellis system instead of wooden stakes have helped farmers increase yield by 40%.
In northern India, the practice has long been a major cause of air pollution despite intervention by authorities.
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Developed by Tata Trusts’ Data Driven Governance team, the app allows farmers to self-report crops sown across different stages in real time.
NABARD has sanctioned Rs 35 lakhs to IIT Mandi and EWOK Society to promote and set up three farmer producer organisations in three years.
A total of 10,000 FPOs are to be formed in the country by 2023-24 and each FPO will be supported for five years.
Unchecked corporate power and increasing political influence has left farmers to operate under the push ‘get big or get out’ and often driven abuse of farmers’ rights.
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