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Wheat arrivals in India at 12-year high during Aug-Sept across markets

According to the agriculture ministry's data, wheat arrivals are the highest since 2010 when the amount was 4.38 MT

A dozen bananas likely to cost Rs 100 in Delhi, thanks to rains and exports

Traders have attributed this spike to higher exports, rising transportation and storage costs, and a widening gap between demand and supply

Five years of e-NaM: Fair price discovery, crop grading remain key issues

A high powered panel has found instances of manual data being fed into the system after the auction has ended

States pull out a stock of sops and promises to woo the disgruntled farmer

What's on offer: Separate agricultural budgets, free water, stepped up direct transfers and a lot more

Short shrift for agriculture

The sector did not get anticipated attention in Budget

No more concessions

Farmers' intransigence, invasion of Delhi are unacceptable

Agri market reforms ignore reality

A free market-based system does not reflect the diversity of the Indian agro-economy or the interests of small farmers

Govt-farmers meet: 9th round ends with date for 10th round of talks

Unions stuck to their main demand of a complete repeal of the three Acts

Budget 2021-22 wishlist: Here are the key challenges in agriculture sector

There are no provisions for effective monitoring and support for farmers to sell outside the APMC

Farm laws: Supreme irony

Apex court offers a face-saver

A dead end

Govt cannot accept extreme demands of farmers

Food inflation in states with strong 'mandis' & those without: Status check

The following chart shows the average retail food and beverages inflation of Punjab and Haryana as compared with Bihar, where APMCs where made redundant few years back

Farmers' protest: Over 1,500 telecom towers damaged in Punjab, services hit

Power supply to towers that relay telecom signals was snapped and cables cut in several parts of the state as farmers vented their anger on the infrastructure owned by Mukesh Ambani's firm Jio

Statsguru: 6 charts explain why Punjab stands out on India's agrarian scene

A new study on agricultural markets that goes deeper into the realities of farm marketing in India offers timely insights

APMC alternative: Is Odisha model of decentralised procurement ideal?

Sanjeeb Mukherjee looks at how the Odisha model of decentralised procurement has a few key advantages, but certain challenges, too

Break the deadlock

Farmer groups are taking too rigid a position

More reform needed

Solution to farmers' agitation is reform of livelihood support

Latest farm reforms may light up Cargill's expansion plans in India

For companies like Cargill, the legal framework brings stability, creating an environment for infrastructure investment

Statsguru: A look at the good and bad of APMCs as new farm laws kick in

The new central laws bypass the existing Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) or mandis regulated by state laws

Reformist farm laws that dent status quo have strong basis in data

Numbers show why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests, and why the rest of India is largely silent; experts and farm leaders say success of the laws rests heavily on implementation