The book titled Women and Work in Rural India, edited by Madhura Swaminathan, Shruti Nagbhushan, and V. K. Ramachandran, and published by Tulika Books and the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS), was released on August 25, 2020.
In 2018, Madhav Tipu Ramachandran and Arindam Das undertook a survey of 15 selected Kudumbashree joint liability groups in Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram districts in order to study the viability and profitability of group farming. Their findings have been published in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies.
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed both the crucial role played by migrant workers in maintaining material production across sectors, and the extreme vulnerabilities of their lives and living conditions.
The unfortunate death of a female elephant in Kerala in May 2020 has generated outrage over the past week. Much of the outrage was caused by the reason for the elephant’s death, as reported by certain media houses and social media handles.
A recent field note, titled “Harvesting misery,” prepared by Gaurav Bansal and Soham Bhattacharya, was published in the May 22, 2020, issue of the Frontline magazine.
Locusts are the most important migratory pests globally, threatening the food supply of millions, due to the immensity of swarms migrating across countries, suddenness of their appearance, and ability to devour all kinds of vegetation within hours.
There is an emerging consensus among various policy makers, progressive movements and academics regarding the efficacy of MGNREGS in dealing with the unprecedented unemployment crisis that followed the unplanned Covid-19 lockdown.
K. Varadharajan, an outstanding leader of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), died on May 16, 2020 at the age of 73. In his death, the democratic peasant movement has lost a dedicated fighter, most of whose adult life was spent in the pursuit of agrarian revolution in India.
The Foundation for Agrarian Studies conducted a Rapid Assessment Survey to study the impact of Covid-19 on rural India.
