Category: Agriculture
GM mustard approval stirs a hornet’s nest and rings an eerie alarm
Reading Time: 6 minutes The GEAC’s recommendation for GM mustard cultivation has stirred a hornet’s rest, bringing even the RSS’s farmers’ wing against the BJP.
Autumn in West Bengal: The season of pain and not celebration
Reading Time: 4 minutes Autumn in Bengal has been stereotyped as per the romanticised version peddled by poets and authors for ages, ignoring the crisis it brings.
BKS’s protest on MSP is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement
Reading Time: 3 minutes The BKS’s protest on MSP on September 8th is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement by driving a wedge, especially before the Uttar Pradesh polls.
Sinking potato price: A woe for north Bengal farmers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The falling potato price has become a curse for farmers of north Bengal districts who have invested huge amount to cultivate the crop.