Farmers
A farmer (also called an agriculturer) is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer might own the farmed land or might work as a laborer on land owned by others, but in advanced economies, a farmer is usually a farm owner, while employees of the farm are known as farm workers, or farmhands. However, in the not so distant past, a farmer was a person who promotes or improves the growth of …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 November 2024 English
onto farms here in Maharashtra. The consequent crop destruction and low compensation are forcing farmers to abandon agriculture …
crop destruction and low compensation are forcing farmers to abandon agriculture …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 November 2024 English
sturdily-built cots and stools have travelled across the country, including the site of the year-long farmers’ protest at the Delhi-Haryana border …
the country, including the site of the year-long farmers’ protest at the Delhi-Haryana border …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 September 2024 English
In Kolkata, workers, farmers and farm labourers from across West Bengal took to the streets to demand justice for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital here …
In Kolkata, workers, farmers and farm labourers from across West Bengal took to the streets to demand …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 9 September 2024 English
Managing uphill cultivation under climate change – An assessment of adaptation decisions among tribal farmers in Nagaland …
assessment of adaptation decisions among tribal farmers in Nagaland …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 August 2024 English
A poem written during the time of the 2020-21 farmers’ protests at the gates of Delhi celebrates the spirit of resistance in a democracy. We carry this poem by people’s poet Surjit Patar from Punjab, who …
A poem written during the time of the 2020-21 farmers’ protests at the gates of Delhi celebrates the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 July 2024 English
Temperatures are changing in the Nilgiris, it’s warmer and drier now. Farmers from Irula and Soliga Adivasi communities say that changing rainfall patterns make it difficult to farm millets like ragi, …
changing in the Nilgiris, it’s warmer and drier now. Farmers from Irula and Soliga Adivasi communities say that …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 14 July 2024 English
A poet writes about the farmers across central India dealing with extreme weather conditions as strong heat wave sweeps through the northern part of the country this year …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 14 June 2024 English
A community of Kolam Adivasi cotton farmers in this district of Maharashtra speak Kolami, a language that is at risk of dying out. PARI’s Endangered Languages Project (ELP) takes a close look at the Particularly …
A community of Kolam Adivasi cotton farmers in this district of Maharashtra speak Kolami, a language …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 May 2024 English
2020, the nation watched rivetted as protesting farmers were denied entry into Delhi with the use of brute force. In Punjab’s poll campaigns today, farmers are repaying that debt – non-violently …
2020, the nation watched rivetted as protesting farmers were denied entry into Delhi with the use of brute … brute force. In Punjab’s poll campaigns today, farmers are repaying that debt – non-violently …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 25 May 2024 English
Party (BJP) has no right to ask for votes in the General Elections 2024 after their treatment of farmers and workers. This was the message at the Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat held in Ludhiana this week …
General Elections 2024 after their treatment of farmers and workers. This was the message at the Kisan-Mazdoor …
