At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria’s central Nasarawa State, witnesses say. Local people have described armed...

During five year drought in Bundelkhand, nearly fifty percent of its total population had migrated to metro cities like Delhi & Mumbai. In search of their...

Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India in recent weeks, leaving behind families plunged even...

This morning I received an article written by a member of Zimbabwe’s ‘inclusive government’ in which he discusses the cost of the land grab in Zimbabwe – and...

Yesterday workers at the Pak ‘n Save supermarket on Lincoln Road in Auckland held a picket as part of their campaign to get an improved employment agreement. The site...

It is said that bad coin & lousy politicians seldom go out of circulation. After a brief festival reprieve Bengal is ready to face the body line bouncers from...

For 200 years, descendants of slaves have preserved a distinctive way of life in this village near the Amazon jungle. Amid the stone ruins of plantations, they farmed...

Who says that farmers are boring and dull people he is in wrong . These sculptures are a proof that they like to have fun too in a creative way they awesome arts you...

A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a

A few weeks ago, Obama made a comment about the price of arugula at the Whole Foods Market to a group of farmers in Independence, Iowa. Yes, I said Iowa. How dare...

The tragedies in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri have been terrible to watch on the news.  I watched in horror, as towns and homes were flooded to almost the top of the...

Jeet Mal Patidar had a good harvest this year – over a thousand quintals of wheat. But he is in no hurry to sell his produce and instead of being carted to the mandi,...

CHANDIGARH: As hard rains lashed Paramjit Singh’s flattened fields in Nauli, Jalandhar, he squatted in the middle of a heap of ravaged wheat with both hands clutching...

“India shining” a perfect term coined by the political leaders to magnify India’s image on the global scenario and to lure the youth into believing that India is...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar have proudly said on number of occasions that India is all...

On Thursday, the Union Cabinet gave green signal to the National Policy on Rehabilitation and Resettlement, 2007, and also approved the amendments to the Land...

The Central government is ready to open the agri-business sector for foreign direct investment. For this, the ministry of food processing industries has started working...

First, it was Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhdeb Bhatacharjee who showed the indication of taking U-turn on the matter of SEZs. Now, Sonia Gandhi has also sent...

The all-party meet held in Bangalore on Wednesday to come up with Karnataka’s position on the Cauvery Tribunal’s verdict was inconclusive, leading to...

Thousands of farmers clashed with police in Barnala district in Punjab today. The farmers were protesting against the government’s decision to acquire their land...