Agriculture
Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Pigs, sheep and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 December 2024 English
people living in flood-affected areas. The lack of potable water and the challenges of sustaining agriculture in fields submerged annually are some of the daily stresses …
potable water and the challenges of sustaining agriculture in fields submerged annually are some of the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 November 2024 English
Maharashtra. The consequent crop destruction and low compensation are forcing farmers to abandon agriculture …
compensation are forcing farmers to abandon agriculture …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 June 2024 English
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has conducted Household Consumption Expenditure surveys (HCES) regularly since its inception in 1950. Data on household consumption was collected annually from 1950–51 to 1973-74. …
households with ‘regular wage/salary earning in non-agriculture’ (Rs. 4,533) in rural India. The rural households … belonging to the category ‘casual labour in agriculture’ has the lowest MPCE (Rs. 3,273). In urban areas … in agri- culture self-employ- ment in non- agriculture regular wage/salary earning in agri- culture … wage/salary earning in non- agriculture casual labour in agriculture casual labour in non-agri- …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 May 2024 English
the island of Majuli, frequent floods over many decades have led to a loss of livelihoods around agriculture while other traditional occupations, such as boat-making, have been unstable sources of income …
decades have led to a loss of livelihoods around agriculture while other traditional occupations, such as …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 April 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC): Agenda 2024 for Agriculture & Allied Sectors …
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC): Agenda 2024 for Agriculture & Allied Sectors …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 March 2024 English
The India Employment Report 2024 was published by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on March 26, 2024. It is the third …
steady transition of the workforce away from agriculture and into the non-farm sectors. The share of … and skills xx cent of the unskilled casual agriculture workers and 70 per cent of such workers in the … employment growth even outpacing the growth in agriculture gross value added. The rise in labour productivity … from low-productivity agriculture to relatively higher-productivity non- agriculture sectors. During 2000–19 … from low-productivity agriculture to relatively higher-productivity non-agriculture sectors. However, this …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
IQAir, a Switzerland-based company working on air quality technology, released this report on March 19, 2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 …
rapid industrial growth and slash and burn agriculture (both domestic and foreign through transboundary … ineffective waste management practices, and agriculture.45,46 According to the World Bank, 80% of rice …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers in India. This Agenda 2024 for Agriculture & Allied Sectors was released by KMC on March 19, 2024. It builds on recommendations of the … ownership and management to corporates, highlighting that public sector investment in fixed assets in agriculture is at a meagre 15 per cent. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, has partnered …
are not just a residue from our past; farmers, agriculture and villages are integral to the future of India … existential crisis of Indian agriculture; growing corporate control of agriculture, ecological degradation … of food and livelihood; persisting neglect of agriculture, discrimination against rural economy and town … recommendations on the viability and sustainability of agriculture and allied sectors. The inaugural meeting for … include the formulation of the Agenda for 2024 on agriculture and allied sectors. The study groups have been …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 March 2024 English
The working paper highlights how inequality in India declined in the period after independence until the 1980s, after which it started rising again. The paper compares the wealth and income …
data, 45.5% of the workforce was employed in agriculture, 12.4% in construction, and only 11.6% in manufacturing … inability to pull more of its workforce away from agriculture towards more productive and better-paying employment …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 March 2024 English
Public Spending on Agriculture in India: 2010-11 to 2019-20 …
Public Spending on Agriculture in India: 2010-11 to 2019-20 …
